On the Government of Rulers: De Regimine Principum

Ptolemy of Lucca; Thomas Aquinas

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1997

On the Government of Rulers

De Regimine Principum

Ptolemy of Lucca and Thomas Aquinas
Translated by: James M. Blythe

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201338

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Ptolemy, considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory in his De Regimine Principum, a book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. He was the first to attack kingship as despotism and to draw parallels between ancient Greek models of mixed constitution and the Roman Republic, biblical rule, the Church, and medieval government.

In addition to his translation of this important and radical medieval political treatise, written around 1300, James M. Blythe includes a sixty-page introduction to the work and provides over 1200 footnotes that trace Ptolemy's sources, explain his references, and comment on the text, the translation, the context, and the significance.

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 320
Keywords: History; Political Science; Philosophy; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Political Science; Public Policy

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