Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic: 10.5117/9789463721271

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2023

Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic

10.5117/9789463721271

Edited by: Constant Jan Mews and Kathleen Neal

Volume 13 in the series Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048555277

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ustice and injustice were subjects of ongoing debate in medieval Europe. Received classical and biblical models both influenced how these qualities of moral and political life were perceived, discussed and acted upon. Important among these influences was the anonymous seventh-century Irish text, On The Twelve Abuses of the Age, a biblically-inspired discussion of the moral duties particular to each sector of society. This volume probes its long influence, and its interaction with the revival of classical ideas. By bringing together scholars of political thought and practice, in lay and religious contexts spanning the seventh to fourteenth centuries, this volume crosses boundaries of periodisation, discipline and approach to reflect upon the medieval evolution of concepts of injustice and means of redress. Contributions address how ideas about justice and injustice were discussed among scholars and theologians, and how those ideas were translated into action through complaint and advice throughout the medieval period.

Author / Editor information

Mews Constant Jan :

CONSTANT J. MEWS is Emeritus Professor and formerly Director of the Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University (Australia). He specializes in the religious and intellectual history of Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, on which he has published widely, but is also completing Aidan Breen’s edition of DDAS for the Corpus Christianorum.Neal Kathleen :

KATHLEEN B. NEAL is Senior Lecturer in History and Director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Monash University (Australia). She specializes in later-medieval political culture and communication. Her monograph The Letters of Edward I: Political Communication in the Thirteenth Century was published by Boydell Press in 2021.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Note on references Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
List of Tables and Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Introduction: Justice and its Abuse in the Medieval Body Politic Constant J. Mews and Kathleen B. Neal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
1. The De XII abusiuis saeculi Contexts and Textual Traditions Constant J. Mews and Stephen J. Joyce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
2. The Irish Background to the De XII abusiuis saeculi Dáibhí Ó Cróinín Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
3. ‘Each in the Calling to Which They are Called’ Images of Authority in the De XII abusiuis saeculi Stephen J. Joyce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4. Transforming Irish Traditions De XII abusiuis saeculi and Justice in the Frankish World, c. 750–105 Jelle Wassenaar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. The Unjust King and the Negligent Bishop Addressing Injustice in Eleventh and Twelfth-Century England and Germany Ryan Kemp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
6. Reflecting on Abuses in Religious Life From The Twelve Abuses of the Cloister to The Cloister of the Soul Constant J. Mews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
7. Preaching the Body Politic John of Wales and Franciscan Political Thought in the Late Thirteenth Century Kathleen B. Neal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
8. Justice and Its Abuses in the Speculum justiciariorum Cary J. Nederman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
9. Addressing Abuses and Injustice in the Court of Philip the Fair The De informatione principum of Durand of Champagne Rina Lahav Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
10. ‘Perfect Justice Weighs Everything on a Balanced Scale’ Italian Friars on Equity, the Common Good, and the Commune c. 1270–c. 1310 Charles F. Briggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
11. Some Late Franciscan Rewritings of the Twelve Abuses Sylvain Piron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Appendix: On the Twelve Abuses of the Age A Translation Aidan Breen and Constant J. Mews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Index of Biblical References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Index of Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 402
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
Keywords: Justice; political thought; virtue ethics; religious history; government; middle ages

eBook

Published: August 1, 2023
ISBN: 9789048555277