Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Medieval Encounters; Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture in Confluence and Dialogue
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,3 (2020) 203–225
Keywords:
Marsilius,
;
Abravanel, Isaac, Criticism and interpretation
;
Kings and rulers Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Kings and rulers Biblical teaching
Abstract:
This article offers a comparative investigation of Marsilius of Padua’s and Isaac Abravanel’s ideas on kingship. It looks at how these thinkers transform the “canonical” sources of their respective traditions of political theorizing, i.e., Aristotle’s Politics and the Bible, to articulate the notion that ultimate authority rests with the citizens/people. It also examines how these two writers’ positions on kingship relate to the political realities that prevailed in late medieval Italy. Finally, it illuminates the medieval precedents of modern republicanism in the Christian and Jewish political traditions.
DOI:
10.1163/15700674-12340071
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink