Jacques Dalarun

To Govern Is to Serve

An Essay on Medieval Democracy
Übersetzer: Field, Sean L.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Translation of: Gouverner c'est servir: essai de dâemocratie mâediâevale.

Produktdetails

• Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781501768354
• ISBN-10: 1501768352
• Artikelnr.: 66220689

Autorenporträt

Jacques Dalarun is Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Among his books are The Misadventure of Francis of Assisi and Robert of Arbrissel. Sean L. Field is Professor of History at the University of Vermont, a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and the author of several books, including Courting Sanctity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part One: The Servant Served
1. A Shocking Story
2. Sisters
3. Assisi
4. Ritual
5. Body
6. Inversions
7. Paradox
Part Two: Unworthiness in Power
1. Benedictine Beginnings
2. Frontevraud
3. The Paraclete
4. Grandmont I: Facts
5. Grandmont II: Conjectures
6. Preachers
7. Lesser Brothers I: Writings by and about Francis
8. Lesser Brothers II: Chronicles
9. Lesser Brothers III: About Face
10. Experiments
Part Three: Maternal Government
1. Treasure Trove
2. Pastorate
3. A Note
4. Mother
5. Word by Word
6. Resumption
7. Bonds
Afterword