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Policraticus

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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Policraticus Information
591 words, approx. 2 pages
Policraticus is a book of ethical and political philosophy written by John of Salisbury around 1159. Although addressing a wide variety of ethical questions, it is most famous for attempting to define the responsibilities of kings and their relationship...


News and Journals
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Humanitas
John of Salisbury, the Policraticus, and political thought.(Critical essay)
03/22/2006: 10,397 words, approx. 35 pages
Introduction Given his reputation as the most learned and literate man of his time, it is remarkable that John of Salisbury (ca.1120-1180) is not better known to the Western world. Granting the general "obscurity" of the Middle Ages, it remains odd that the...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Clement C. J. Webb
12,901 words, approx. 43 pages
In the following essay, Webb presents an overview of each of the books of the Policraticus.
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Lecture by E. F. Jacob
10,435 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, first delivered as a lecture in 1923, Jacob summarizes John's political ideas in the Policraticus and details his use of metaphor in comparing the state to the body.
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Critical Essay by W. Ullmann
3,924 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following essay, Ullmann discusses the influence of the Policraticus on fourteenth-century Neapolitan jurisprudence.


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