{"product_id":"to-govern-is-to-serve-9781501768354","title":"To Govern Is to Serve","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Govern Is to Serve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospelsmost notably that the first will be last, the last will be firstinto practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors.\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Dalarun argues that these democratic forms have profoundly influenced modern experiences of democracy, in particular the idea of government not as domination but as service. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalarun undertakes meticulous textual analysis and historical research into twelfth and thirteenth-century religious movementsfrom Fontevraud and the Paraclete of Abelard and Heloise through St. Dominic and St. Francisthat sought their superiors from among the less exalted members of their communities to chart how these experiments prefigured certain aspects of modern democracies, those allowing individuals to find their way forward as part of a collective. Wide ranging and deeply original,\u003ci\u003eTo Govern Is to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich and stimulating essay.\u003c\/p\u003e * Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Dalarun delivers a reflection, personal and subtly argued, on the exercise of authority in certain medieval religious communities, a point of view which leads to an analysis of power relations in society. The style is fluid, the thought is sharp, and the dialectic quite formidable in its rigorous chain of thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: The Servant Served\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Shocking Story\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sisters\u003cbr\u003e 3. Assisi\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ritual\u003cbr\u003e 5. Body\u003cbr\u003e 6. Inversions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Paradox\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Unworthiness in Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Benedictine Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 2. Frontevraud\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Paraclete\u003cbr\u003e 4. Grandmont I: Facts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Grandmont II: Conjectures\u003cbr\u003e 6. Preachers\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lesser Brothers I: Writings by and about Francis\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lesser Brothers II: Chronicles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lesser Brothers III: About Face\u003cbr\u003e 10. Experiments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Maternal Government\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Treasure Trove\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pastorate\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Note\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mother\u003cbr\u003e 5. Word by Word\u003cbr\u003e 6. Resumption\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bonds\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409369702743,"sku":"9781501768354","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501768354.jpg?v=1730506566","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-govern-is-to-serve-9781501768354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}