IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 328: Exploring John of Salisbury in Legal, Temporal, and Religious Contexts
Monday 1 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Maxine K. Esser, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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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) 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) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 328-c | The Prophet and the Priest: John of Salisbury and the Sacramental Church (Language: English) 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. |