Title: The mortgage of the past
Description: Oakley continues his three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this volume. Here, Oakley explores kingship from the tenth century to the beginning of the 14th, showing how, under the stresses of religious and cultural development, kingship became a secular institution.
Subjects: Church and state, Kings and rulers, Political science, Middle Ages, History, Church and state, europe, Political science, europe, General, History & theory, Medieval, Social sciences -> history -> european history, Religious aspects
Places: Europe
Time periods: To 1500