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- catalog abstract "Annotation In 1957 Ernst Kantorowicz published a book that would be the guide for generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. InThe King's Two Bodies, Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the "King's two bodies"--the body politic and the body natural--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a "political theology."The king's natural body has physical attributes, suffers, and dies, naturally, as do all humans; but the king's other body, the spiritual body, transcends the earthly and serves as a symbol of his office as majesty with the divine right to rule. The notion of the two bodies allowed for the continuity of monarchy even when the monarch died, as summed up in the formulation "The king is dead. Long live the king."Bringing together liturgical works, images, and polemical material,The King's Two Bodiesexplores the long Christian past behind this "political theology." It provides a subtle history of how commonwealths developed symbolic means for establishing their sovereignty and, with such means, began to establish early forms of the nation-state.Kantorowicz fled Nazi Germany in 1938, after refusing to sign a Nazi loyalty oath, and settled in the United States. While teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, he once again refused to sign an oath of allegiance, this one designed to identify Communist Party sympathizers. He resigned as a result of the controversy and moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he remained for the rest of his life, and where he wroteThe King's Two Bodies.".
- catalog contributor b10423164.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Kings and rulers.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Annotation In 1957 Ernst Kantorowicz published a book that would be the guide for generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. InThe King's Two Bodies, Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the "King's two bodies"--the body politic and the body natural--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a "political theology."The king's natural body has physical attributes, suffers, and dies, naturally, as do all humans; but the king's other body, the spiritual body, transcends the earthly and serves as a symbol of his office as majesty with the divine right to rule. The notion of the two bodies allowed for the continuity of monarchy even when the monarch died, as summed up in the formulation "The king is dead. Long live the king."Bringing together liturgical works, images, and polemical material,The King's Two Bodiesexplores the long Christian past behind this "political theology." It provides a subtle history of how commonwealths developed symbolic means for establishing their sovereignty and, with such means, began to establish early forms of the nation-state.Kantorowicz fled Nazi Germany in 1938, after refusing to sign a Nazi loyalty oath, and settled in the United States. While teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, he once again refused to sign an oath of allegiance, this one designed to identify Communist Party sympathizers. He resigned as a result of the controversy and moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he remained for the rest of his life, and where he wroteThe King's Two Bodies.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-530) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface (1997) / William Chester Jordan -- I. The Problem: Plowden's Reports -- II. The Shakespeare: King Richard II -- III. Christ-Centered Kingship -- IV. Law-Centered Kingship -- V. Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum -- VI. On Continuity and Corporations -- VII. The King Never Dies -- VIII. Man-Centered Kingship: Dante -- IX. Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 568 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691017042 (pbk)".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton paperbacks".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Kings and rulers.".
- catalog subject "JC385 .K25 1997".
- catalog subject "Kings and rulers Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "Kings and rulers, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Kings and rulers.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface (1997) / William Chester Jordan -- I. The Problem: Plowden's Reports -- II. The Shakespeare: King Richard II -- III. Christ-Centered Kingship -- IV. Law-Centered Kingship -- V. Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum -- VI. On Continuity and Corporations -- VII. The King Never Dies -- VIII. Man-Centered Kingship: Dante -- IX. Epilogue.".
- catalog title "The king's two bodies : a study in mediaeval political theology / by Ernst H. Kantorowicz ; with a new preface by William Chester Jordan.".
- catalog type "text".