Sophia Moesch

Augustine and the Art of Ruling in the Carolingian Imperial Period (eBook, ePUB)

Political Discourse in Alcuin of York and Hincmar of Rheims

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is an investigation of how Augustine was received in the Carolingian period, and the elements of his thought which had an impact on Carolingian ideas of 'state', rulership and ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351116008
• Artikelnr.: 57777745

Autorenporträt

Sophia Moesch is currently an SNSF-funded postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford, working on a project entitled 'Developing Principles of Good Governance: Latin and Greek Political Advice during the Carolingian and Macedonian Reforms'. She completed her PhD in History at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Note on the Text
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Augustine of Hippo
Influences on the 'De Civitate Dei'
Augustine's Stance on Worldly Rule and His Assessment of Politically
Organised Communities in the 'De Civitate Dei'
Concepts of Augustinian Political Thought
Dispensatio
Felix/Felicitas and Beatus/Beatitudo
Iustitia and Pax
II. Alcuin of York
Alcuin's Direct Use of Augustine in the 'Epistolae'
Alcuin's Indirect Use of Augustine: His Stance on Worldly Rule and Recourse
to Augustine's Terminology
III. Hincmar of Rheims
Hincmar's Direct Use of Augustine in the 'Epistolae'
Hincmar's Indirect Use of Augustine: His 'Expositiones ad Carolum Regem'
and 'De Regis Persona et Regio Ministerio'
Conclusion
Carolingian Political Thought c. 800-c. 900
Alcuin's and Hincmar's Uses of Augustine in the Light of Changing
'State-Church' Relations
Index