IMC 2013: Sessions

Session 328: Exploring John of Salisbury in Legal, Temporal, and Religious Contexts

Organiser:	Maxine K. Esser, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Moderator/Chair:	Irene A. O'Daly, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Universiteit Leiden
Paper 328-a	Legal Themes in the Early Letters of John of Salisbury (Language: English) Maxine K. Esser, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law, Political Thought
Paper 328-b	'Frivolities of Courtiers' and Court Criticism in the State Theory of the Policraticus (Language: English) Ayşegül Keskin Çolak, Department of History, Bilkent Üniversitesi, Ankara Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 328-c	The Prophet and the Priest: John of Salisbury and the Sacramental Church (Language: English) Daniel Murphy, Department of History, University of Sheffield Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life
Abstract	This session will explore the written work of John of Salisbury in legal, temporal, and religious contexts. Paper -a will discuss the legal themes within the early letters of John, considering a number of letters in depth. Paper -b will discuss the place of court and court criticism in John's political thinking and thus re-evaluate this aspect of the Policraticus. Paper -c aims to discuss John's view of the spiritual, or sacramental, Church, and his thoughts on the priest as 'prophet' in relation to this.