Augustine and the art of ruling in the Carolingian imperial period : political discourse in Alcuin of York and Hincmar of Rheims /
"This volume is an investigation of how Augustine was received in the Carolingian period, and the elements of his thought which had an impact on Carolingian ideas of 'state', rulership and ethics. It focuses on Alcuin of York and Hincmar of Rheims, authors and political advisers to Ch...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2020
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Table of Contents:
- Influences on the "De civitate dei"
- Augustine's stance on worldly rule and his assessment of politically organised communities in the "De civitate dei"
- Concepts of Augustinian political thought
- Dispensatio
- Felix/felicitas and beatus/beatitudo
- Iustitia and pax
- Alcuin's direct use of Augustine in the "Epistolae"
- Alcuin's indirect use of Augustine: his stance on worldly rule and recourse to Augustine's terminology
- Hincmar's direct use of Augustine in the "Epistolae"
- Hincmar's indirect use of Augustine: his "Expositiones ad carolum regem" and "De regis persona et regio ministerio"
- Carolingian political thought c. 800-c. 900
- Alcuin's and Hincmar's uses of Augustine in the light of changing "state-church" relations.