To Govern Is to Serve: An Essay on Medieval Democracy

by Sean L. Field

Book Overview

To Govern Is to Serve explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospels--most notably that "the first will be last, the last will be first"--into practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors. Jacques Dalarun argues that these democratic forms have profoundly influenced modern experiences of democracy, in particular the idea of government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501768352
• ISBN13: 9781501768354
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher