UID:
almahu_9949597442802882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiv, 229 pages).
ISBN:
9781501767876
Serie:
Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
Originaltitel:
Gouverner c'est servir.
Inhalt:
This book explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospels - most notably that "the first will be last, the last will be first" - into practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors. The book argues that these democratic forms have profoundly influenced modern experiences of democracy, in particular the idea of government not as domination but as service. The book undertakes meticulous textual analysis and historical research into twelfth- and thirteenth-century religious movements - from Fontevraud and the Paraclete of Abelard and Heloise through St. Dominic and St. Francis - that sought their superiors from among the less exalted members of their communities to chart how these experiments prefigured certain aspects of modern democracies.
Anmerkung:
This translation also issued in print: 2023.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version : ISBN 9781501767852
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501767852.001.0001
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
