Nicholas of Cusa: The Catholic Concordance

by Nicholas of Cusa

Book Overview

Now available in paperback, this is the first English translation of the most important work of political thought of the fifteenth century. The Catholic Concordance is the first major treatise to argue for consent through representative councils as a major prerequisite for legitimate law and government, and is the most learned and original work associated with the conciliar movement in the late medieval church. Cusa's arguments influenced such thinkers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521567734
• ISBN13: 9780521567732
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.6"