ID - 39950442 TI - Political thought in Europe, 1250-1450 PY - 1992 SN - 0521384516 0521386098 1139170171 9780521386098 9781139170178 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political science KW - State, The KW - Science politique KW - Etat KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Europe KW - Political science - History. KW - Political science - Europe - History. KW - Learning and scholarship KW - History. KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - Medieval learning and scholarship KW - Education, Medieval KW - History of theories KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Learning and scholarship - History - Medieval, 500-1500. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:39950442 AB - Why did European civilisation develop as it did? Why was it so different from that of Russia, the Islamic world and elsewhere? In this new textbook Antony Black explores some of the reasons, looking at ideas of the state, law, rulership, representation of the community, and the right to self-administration, and how, during a crucial period these became embedded in people's self-awareness, and articulated and justified by theorists. This is the first concise overview of a period never previously treated satisfactorily as a whole: Dr Black uses the analytical tools of scholars such as Pocock and Skinner to set the work of political theorists in the context of both contemporary politics and the longer-term history of political ideas. The book provides students of both medieval history and political thought with an accessible and lucid introduction to the early development of certain ideas fundamental to the organisation of the modern world and contains a full bibliography to assist students wishing to pursue the subject in greater depth. ER -