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Some medieval contributions to political theory

"This paper does not pretend to discuss in detail the contributions of the Middle Ages to political theory. It is not even a detailed analysis of a group of theorists, but is simply an illustration of several typical medieval approaches to political problems. It is intended to show the trends which continue and are developed from the fall of the Roman Empire to the fifteenth century, and to draw attention to the contributions made by these ideas to the history of political thought, as well as to point out some of their inherent defects. The paper is also an attempt to illustrate the divergent philosophies developed upon the same principles in order to show the variety of interpretation to which a few fundamental ideas rendered themselves"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1949." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts under Plan II." / Advisor: Marian D. Irish, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-82).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_292250
ContributorsLooby, Marion Jean (authoraut), Irish, Marian Doris (professor directing thesis), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
PublisherFlorida State University
Source SetsFlorida State University
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, text
Format1 online resource (ii, 82 leaves), computer, application/pdf
CoverageEurope

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