Mortgage of the Past: Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050-1300)

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Mortgage of the Past: Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050-1300)

Written by Francis Oakley
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Francis Oakley continues his magisterial three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this second volume in the series. Here, Oakley explores kingship from the tenth century to the beginning of the fourteenth, showing how, under the stresses of religious and cultural development, kingship became an inceasingly secular institution. A masterpiece and the central part of a trilogy that will be a true masterwork. Jeffrey Burton Russell, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Pages 344
Publisher Yale University Press
Published January 1, 2012
ISBN 18529888
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Francis Oakley writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Francis Oakley lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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