The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology by Simon Thomson

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The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology

Simon Thomson

102 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history literary
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Few historians trace grand themes across many centuries and places, but Ernst Kantorowicz's great work on the symbolic powers of kingship is a fine example of what can happen when they do. The King's Two Bodies is at once a superb example of the c...

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