Medieval Political Theory: A Reader

Introduction: The Formation of Medieval Political Culture; Part I The Twelfth Century; Chapter 1 Letter to Pope Eugenius III; Chapter 2 The Fable of a Man, His Belly, and his Limbs, Marie de France; Chapter 3 Metalogicon and Policratics; Chapter 4 Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England Commonly Called Glanville; Chapter 5 Letter to Henry, Count of Champagne; Part II The Thirteenth Century; Chapter 6 The Book of Treasure, Brunetto Latini; Chapter 7 On Kingship, Summary of Theology and Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics, Thomas Aquinas; Chapter 8 ‘On Civil Government’; Part III The Fourteenth Century; Chapter 9 On Royal and Papal Power; Chapter 10 The Banquet, Dante Alighieri; Chapter 11 The Defender of the Peace; Chapter 12 The Mirror of King Edward III; Chapter 13 Whether a Ruler Can Accept the Property of Churches for his Own Needs, Namely, in Case of War, Even Against the Wishes of the Pope; Chapter 14 On the Duty of the King, John Wyclif; Chapter 15 The Book of the Body Politic, Christine de Pizan;