Church, State and Community: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Variorum Collected Studies Series, 763)

Running through the papers collected here is the concern to try and understand the reasons which people thought they had for acting in a certain way, and - not always the same thing - the reasons which they expressed for what they were doing. The book's first section focuses on the theories of government in the late medieval Church, especially the ideas of conciliarism; the second is concerned with the study of medieval guild and city organisation and politics, looking at the communal movement and at the impact of Christianity on the development of republican ideas. In the papers in the final part, Professor Black takes a comparative approach, setting the political thought and traditions of the Islamic world, in particular, alongside those of Western Europe as part of an attempt to understand the origins of the modern state: to know why this emerged in Europe, he argues, it is necessary to ask why it did not develop elsewhere and it is intellectual and cultural factors which provide the most obvious differentiating features. I. The Political Ideas Of Conciliarism And Papalism, 1430-1450 / Journal Of Ecclesiastical History -- Ii. What Was Conciliarism? Conciliar Theory In Historical Perspective / Authority And Power: Studies On Medieval Law And Government -- Iii. The Universities And The Council Of Basle: Ecclesiology And Tactics / Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum -- Iv. The Universities And The Council Of Basle: Collegium And Concilium / The Universities In The Late Middle Ages -- V. Diplomacy, Doctrine And The Disintegration Of An Idea Into Politics / Studien Zum 15. Jahrhundert: Festschrift Fur Erich Meuthen -- Vi. Heimericus De Campo: The Council And History / Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum -- Vii. The Realist Ecclesiology Of Heimerich Van De Velde / Facultas S. Theologiae Lovaniensis 1432-1797 -- Viii. Panormitanus On The Decretum / Traditio -- Ix. The Council Of Basle And The Second Vatican Council / Studies In Church History -- X. Society And The Individual From The Middle Ages To Rousseau: Philosophy, Jurisprudence And Constitutional Theory / History Of Political Thought -- Xi. Political Languages In Later Medieval Europe / Church And Sovereignty: Essays In Honour Of Michael Wilks -- Xii. The Juristic Origins Of Social Contract Theory / History Of Political Thought -- Xiii. The Commune In Political Theory In The Late Middle Ages / Theorien Kommunaler Ordnung In Europa -- Xiv. Communal Democracy And Its History / Political Studies -- Xv. Harmony And Strife In Political Thought C. 1300-1500 / Sozialer Wandel Im Mittelalter. Wahrnehmungsformen, Erklarungsmuster, Regelungsmechanismen -- Xvi. Christianity And Republicanism: From St. Cyprian To Rousseau / American Political Science Review -- Xvii. Christianity And Republicanism: A Response To Nederman / American Political Science Review -- Xviii. Republicanism As A European Phenomenon / Originally Published As 'republikanismus Als Europaisches Phanomen', In Verborgene Republikanische Traditionen In Oberschwaben -- Xix. Concepts Of Civil Society In Pre-modern Europe / Civil Society: History And Possibilities -- Xx. Nation And Community In The International Order / Review Of International Studies -- Xxi. Individuals, Groups And States: A Comparative Overview / The Individual In Political Theory And Practice -- Xxii. Classical Islam And Medieval Europe: A Comparison Of Political Philosophies And Cultures / Political Studies -- Xxiii. Islamic Views Of International Order / Rivista Di Storia Della Filosofia -- Xxiv. Harmony Versus Conflict: Biological And Strategic Paths To Toleration / Toleration: Philosophy And Practice -- Xxv. Decolonization Of Concepts / Journal Of Early Modern History: Contacts, Comparisons, Contrasts -- Xxvi. The History Of Political Thought: A Western Patient / Inaugural Lecture. Antony Black. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Series Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Dedication Preface Conciliar Ideas I The Political Ideas of Conciliarism and Papalism, 1430-1450 II What was Conciliarism? Conciliar Theory in Historical Perspective III The Universities and the Council of Basle: Ecclesiology and Tactics IV The Universities and the Council of Basle: Collegium and Concilium V Diplomacy, Doctrine and the Disintegration of an Idea into Politics VI Heimericus de Campo: The Council and History VII The Realist Ecclesiology of Heimerich van de Velde VIII Panormitanus on the Decretum IX The Council of Basle and the Second Vatican Council Communal Ideas X Society and the Individual from the Middle Ages to Rousseau: Philosophy, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory XI Political Languages in Later Medieval Europe XII The Juristic Origins of Social Contract Theory XIII The Commune in Political Theory in the Late Middle Ages XIV Communal Democracy and its History XV Harmony and Strife in Political Thought c. 1300-1500 XVI Christianity and Republicanism: From St. Cyprian to Rousseau XVII Christianity and Republicanism: A Response to Nederman XVIII Republicanism as a European Phenomenon XIX Concepts of Civil Society in Pre-modern Europe XX Nation and Community in the International Order The Comparative Study of Ideas XXI Individuals, Groups and States: A Comparative Overview XXII Classical Islam and Medieval Europe: A Comparison of Political Philosophies and Cultures XXIII Islamic Views of International Order XXIV Harmony Versus Conflict: Biological and Strategic Paths to Toleration XXV Decolonization of Concepts XXVI The History of Political Thought: A Western Patient Index