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Give peace a chance … for what? Paine, Kant and democratic peace by Frankel, Garion, Nederman, Cary J.

“…Paul Kelly pays scant attention to the so‐called ‘democratic peace’ thesis that has played a major role in recent International Relations scholarship, a lacuna…”
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The Power of Ideas: Some Remarks about Two Recent Books on the History of Medieval Political Thought by Nederman, Cary J

“…This essay discusses the historiography of Western medieval political thought, as reflected in Il pensiero politico medievale by Gianluca Briguglia and Il…”
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Marcia L. Colish (1937-2024) by Nederman, Cary J

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In Memoriam: J.G.A. Pocock (1924-2023) by Nederman, Cary J.

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"This is the way I pray": precatory language in the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli by Nederman, Cary J., Lahoud, Nelly

“…Machiavelli's antipathy toward institutionalized Christianity has been very well documented, but less attention has been afforded to whether there might be…”
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Three Concepts of Tyranny in Western Medieval Political Thought by Nederman, Cary J.

“…During the Latin Middle Ages, as today, “tyranny” connotes the exercise of power arbitrarily, oppressively, and violently. Medieval thinkers generally followed…”
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2012 Arthur O. Lovejoy Lecture Civil Religion—Metaphysical, Not Political: Nature, Faith, and Communal Order in European Thought, c.1150—c.1550 by Nederman, Cary J.

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Dante's Imperial Road Leads to ... Constantinople?: The Internal Logic of the Monarchia by Nederman, Cary J.

“…Dante's Monarchia has proven to be an enigmatic contribution to the corpus of medieval political theory. Although typically held up as the quintessential…”
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Machiavelli against Method: Paul Feyerabend's Anti-Rationalism and Machiavellian Political 'Science' by Dyer, Megan K., Nederman, Cary J.

“…Contemporary scholars seeking to advance the study of political phenomena identify their inquiry as a 'science' that attains success through rigorous method…”
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The Liberty of the Church and the Road to Runnymede: John of Salisbury and the Intellectual Foundations of the Magna Carta by Nederman, Cary J.

“…Scholars generally agree that the Magna Carta of 1215 was a watershed in Western (and, more specifically, English) legal and political history and thought…”
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The Polybian Moment: The Transformation of Republican Thought from Ptolemy of Lucca to Machiavelli by Nederman, Cary J., Sullivan, Mary Elizabeth

“…Recent research has emphasized the continuities in European republican political thought from the late Middle Ages until well into the Renaissance and even…”
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Toleration in a new key: historical and global perspectives by Nederman, Cary J.

“…This article challenges two dominant views of religious and cultural toleration, namely, that it is modern and that it is Western. It claims instead that both…”
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"The Logic of the History of Ideas" and the Study of Comparative Political Theory by Jordan, Sara R., Nederman, Cary J.

“…Mark Bevir’s The Logic of the History of Ideas is highly influential in intellectual history circles. What intellectual historians may not realize is how much…”
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Empire and the Historiography of European Political Thought: Marsiglio of Padua, Nicholas of Cusa, and the Medieval/Modern Divide by Nederman, Cary J.

“…John Pocock's The First Decline and Fall (2003) presents a novel argument for drawing a clear distinction between medieval and early modern varieties of…”
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King Stephen, the English church, and a female mystic: Christina of Markyate's Vita as a neglected source for the council of Winchester (August 1139) and its aftermath by Bollermann, Karen, Nederman, Cary J.

“…One of the central reasons for the disintegration of royal authority (sometimes called ‘the Anarchy’) during the reign of King Stephen of England is generally…”
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Reading Aristotle through Rome: Republicanism and History in Ptolemy of Lucca's De regimine principum by Nederman, Cary J., Sullivan, Mary Elizabeth

“…In recent years, scholars have begun to give greater attention to the 14th-century political writer, Ptolemy of Lucca, mostly on account of his avid defense of…”
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Commercial Society and Republican Government in the Latin Middle Ages: The Economic Dimensions of Brunetto Latini's Republicanism by Nederman, Cary J.

“…The mid-thirteenth-century theorist and rhetorician Brunetto Latini proposed a vigorous republican account of the art of government and the nature of community…”
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Beyond Aristotelian Political Science: Scientia Civilis and Romanism in Marsiglio of Padua’s Thought by Nederman, Cary J.

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Brett Edward Whalen, The Two Powers: The Papacy, the Empire, and the Struggle for Sovereignty in the Thirteenth Century. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019, pp. 312 by Nederman, Cary J.

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Why Can’t We Be Friends? John of Salisbury, Thomas Becket and the Discourse of Amicitia by Nederman, Cary J.

“…There has been an almost universal tendency to treat Thomas Becket as a personal—even close and intimate—friend of John of Salisbury, based on their…”
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