{"product_id":"the-kings-two-bodies-9780691169231","title":"The Kings Two Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, \"The king is dead. Long live the king.\" In The King's Two Bodie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Professor Kantorowicz has written a great book, perhaps the most important work in the history of medieval political thought, surely the most spectacular, of the past several generations. Here, in superbly designed chapters based upon the best scholarship in every field even remotely concerned with the Middle Ages, is the development of the theory and symbolism of the early national states from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries.\"--P. N. Riesenberg, American Political Science Review \"Professor Ernst Kantorowicz has in this volume given us a monumental work of superb scholarship and profound learning, magnificently produced by Princeton University Press. Few, if any, contributions to the study of medieval thought comparable to this depth and width have been made for many years.\"--B. Chrimes, The Law Quarterly Review \"There is one book that says it all. An old book, nearly a classic...This book, published in 1957, is titled The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology.\"--Bernard-Henri Levy, New Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the Princeton Classics Edition ix  Preface (1997) by William Chester Jordan xxv  Preface xxxiii  Introduction 3  I. The Problem: Plowden's Reports 7  II. The Shakespeare: King Richard II 24  III. Christ-centered Kingship 42  1. The Norman Anonymous 42  2. The Frontispiece of the Aachen Gospels 61  3. The Halo of Perpetuity 78  IV. Law-centered Kingship 87  1. From Litury to Legal Science 87  2. Frederick the Second 97  Pater et Filius Iustitiae 97  Iustitia Meciatrix 107  3. Bracton 143  Rex infra et supra Legem 143  Christus-Fiscus 164  V. Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum 193  1. Corpus Ecclesiae mysticum 194  2. Corpus Reipublicae mysticum 207  3. Pro patria mori 232  Patria religious and legal 232  Patriotic Propaganda 249  Rex et Patria 259  VI. On Continuity and Corporations 273  1. Continuity 273  Aevum 275  Perpetua Necessitas 284  2. Fictio Figura Veritatis 291  Imperium semper est 291  Universitas non moritur 302  VII. The King Never Dies 314  1. Dynastic Continuity 317  2. The Crown as Fiction 336  Corona visibilis et invisibilis 336  The Fiscal Crown 342  Inalienability 347  Crown and Universitas 358  The King and the Crown 364  The Crown a Minor 372  3. Dignitas non moritur 383  Phoenix 385  Corporational Symptoms in England 401  Le Roy est mort ... 409  Effigies 419  Rex Instrumentum Dignitatis 437  VII. Man-centered Kingship: Dante 451  IX. Epilogus 396  List of Illustrations 507  Illustrations following 512  Bibliography and Index 513  Addenda 568","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403824308567,"sku":"9780691169231","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691169231.jpg?v=1730484652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kings-two-bodies-9780691169231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}