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Aristotle for Aristocrats and Poets: Giles of Rome's De regimine
principum as Theodicy of Privilege
Stephen H. Rigby
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b pg s p (11, 59, 193, 234, 285, 295, 297301, 411).
Ts, s ywas d Gs, bsd Gd
s gs, y d s smpmy b , s Agss -Psm, k m
g dpd mpy d ps, ms
py (11, 5859, 211, 234, 295301, 327). H, s my
s md g, s Ass ks
d s dd s m pd s ks
s Gs dy , b qppd m
mds xpssg (d s ddg)
y m ds.
H, Gs s py d d s bg sp -my, s gdd s dsy s sg pssb
g d bs p d. F
Gs, d mj ss g by d s dgs
dsy d b ddd s bs dy -
dg s dpd b ms md p y . As
gd, md s, s s ss, s, m-
d b d s . Js s Gd s sy dd
gs d sd b d s d, s, , md s b d m b d (193, 278, 280, 327). H, Gd
s dd gs C sd b kd y
dg ps, p, d x, gs
ss p d pssssd ps ys sg d bg sb-
dd g d m p, s ss d ps
gs, s s bdy ms d Es m (28, 211,
216, 226, 280, 352). Idd, s s y Gss k ,
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5; d Lmb, Psps d s s,28889.
. Edd G, Planets, Stars and Orbs: Te Medieval Cosmos, 12001687 (Cmbdg,U.K., 1994), 14849; As, O Us, Te Complete Works o Aristotle, d. Bs,1:392-b, 1:396-b, 1:397, 1:399-b; Ags, City o God, s. Bs, 5.11, 12.45, 12.23, 12.28,19.1113, 22.18, 22.24.
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 305; Ags, City o God,s. Bs, 22.30; d Emy S, Ps Pm, Dsy d Md PAs, Representations 91 (2005): 125, 912.
. I De ecclesiastica potestate, Gs s Teodosian Code s g syg s md, s s (Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Govern-
ment, d. Dys, 279), g s pp s m sp Gss psmmps (C. P, d., Te Teodosian Code [P, 1952], 9:45:4.3).
. Lmb, Psps d s s, 290; Lmb, p-, 109; Lmb, I sm D ps dm pp, 95; d Lmb, A pps,34546.
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dsp dsd md Css, dg Cs Ps
(X 217), s s zg , dd y
ps mg kd dms, g y ks, d mg gs.
I s psp, m bjs k ss, s s
d , s s g b dd sm
ps pssss g ss, s, , ps sd
b dd d ms ss ss. Smy, ms,
y g d ss ss b s pssss ps
s, jy s ps d ms b d
s (3536, 260, 263, 274, 36971, 387). As ms
Gds s, s pssss pd, s, d y,ms dsp s, m d,
k by s by s d ss
m, b s b m. As s, ms g
g gs bss y sbm s (5051, 16263,
234, 25960, 263, 274, 387), d d sppss sg
myd ms Gs g Pss R
1381 s Vox Clamantis.
F Gs, s dg y zd s sms s b s s y dd bj md p
mb d ms ps. I s ss, y s bj s, s
m, msm msm s, d md-
smgpy. Adgy, y p g s mpsd
my mps, , s sms s , d d b m
b d y m s m mys d s
bd . E bjs k ss s ms m
, k s bdy, s d ds g m-p ps, s mm, d pps m ds
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 22931, 23539, 243. F dsd , s Jb 10:22, d Kg, d., Wimbledons Sermon, 66 (s 9497).
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7. F g, ss, d ss,s As, De Anima, d. Ls-d, 2.3; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,1.8.920; d Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646; p. Fk, 1966), 29, 16062.
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.7; d J G, Vox Clamantis, Te CompleteWorks o John Gower, d. Gg C. My, 4 s. (Oxd, 18991902), 4:3313.
. F s d, s Gg P. Cg, Teories o Macrocosms and Microcosms in the His-tory o Philosophy (N Yk, 1922), sp. ps. 12; Ld Bk, Natures Work o Art: Te
Human Body as Image o the World(N H, 1975), p. 1; Lmb, Psps dg s s, 297; A J. G, Categories o Medieval Culture (Ld, 1985), 5761;d Ly, City and Cosmos, 711. F s pmy ss, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chiv-alry, 23839.
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g p d (175, 273, 327). Ts, js s s ssy
md p my s b m ms d y
s ms by my s dmd,s mxd m bds y m s msy,
ms y y m dds, ds
E. Smy, sms, Primum Mobile s
mgs s s (27374, 327). S ds b
C dy g, b m-
psps d gs m As d Ags
Psd-Dyss Apg (s ks d dy s
Ep m y), Tms Aqs, d Jms Vb,
J Gs.Iby, Gs ddd s ms ssy y
pp mps m bdy, pdd md-
psps sk xmp , y gsm mpsd
mb d mmbs, s ys mmb s
s. I s bdy, s m s myg spg
mygs bdy d s s
s bdy (5859, 212, 327, 42021). Ay, d d b s
s d m x ps bdy. Adgy,s mmbs sd b sbj d bd d d
sd b g s mss s m ms
s dss s pmy y mss d b sd
d dd (32, 309, 389, 41112). I s, dm p
b d dg gsm mpd
md sm.
Gs xpssd s dsdg sp b
mmbs bdy ms As ps mmd dsb js. As Aqs xps s Summa theologiae, m-
m js ds g-d-k ss k byg d sg,
quid pro quo qb xg s b gs
g gs d, s, m ppy. F Aqs,
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 19, 2537, 57, 59, 191, 217, 23343,25961, 27981, 287, 307, 391.
. Rb Es, Order and Reason in Politics: Teories o Absolute and LimitedMonarchy in Early Modern England(Oxd, 1978), 1113, 32, 4748, 58; J-M M, L R
d Eq: App d my y d my g, Revue DHistoire et de PhilosophieReligeuses 58 (1978): 14561, 154; O Gk, Political Teory o the Middle Ages (Cmbdg, U.K.,1900), 1011, 28, 30. F s pmy ss, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 24243.
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.2.1213.
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s s s b p d p, b mmbs
g . By s, dsb js ds sp
b d s ps s s d dsb mmys gds s mmbs pp ss
s dd mmbs. H, s d by y dd p
s bsd gm ppy, s, qy
s qy mm js. F Gs, s s p-
mmbs m bdy, s s y , d
d pm s m xg ss, y xs
sp mm js. H, d s
bdy s qs s ps d ms dsb js, s
, s pm s , s s bdy, ggsp yg d myg s mmbs dg
dg, s y bg s gs (5759, 193,
25455, 301, 411).
F Gs, y s bss d
d, dg m pysgy, pdd md g m-
y. H, dpd d p m s bg
msm msm s ss y dd
mpss m sps y. E ddps s ss d ms: k ss, xss; k ps,
gs; k ms, s pp sss; k gs (g
ss x), psssss p s dsgss m
m ms. Adgy, js s Gd s msm
d, s s sd msm dd,
s gg bdys ss ms, s s s
pps d psss d ss s (11, 3536, 138,
190, 36971).
I ms ssy md p b bds d ss, g d s b d y s,
s b, m p, d m b m, s dsp d
mys d bdy s s bd s (16, 219, 274, 388). Hm
s m b g gs d
bss. Adgy, sss xs
. Tms Aqs, Summa Teologiae: A Concise ranslation, d. my MDm(Ld, 1989), 54, 38788; d Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d.
Lzg, 92976.. F d msm d msm, s 44, b.. As, De Anima, d. L-d, 2.3; Ags, City o God, s. Bs,
1.20, 11.29, 22.24, 14.15, 19.15, 22.24; d Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646), 389.
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s, s gs, s s s ss
d, psss, d sss , bs
s s (1213, 32, 73, 9192, 97, 131, 163, 347, 378).
I s ss,s Gs sys De ecclesiastica potestate, s s b s p
ms: s m bdy (.., s)
dsbdy bs gs s ( d), m s ppd
s s s sp d p, d ss sd d s
s bms s s.
III
Gss s g d zs C s y bss s dd my b s
pdd m ms dd xs q-
y s d p . I, s Psd-Dyss d s,
gs kd y, d , s Gs sd
De Ecclesiastica Potestate, pps d ps xs mg
m, C s sy, ms b
m y kd. H, s Gs s b d bb, ps,
d psp y s b by d dsby y, k ms dg ks s gdd s k
s bg s-dy . As sd, xmps dd jsy
s gms s y s g s
s gs. I De ecclesiastica potestate Gs s my d
jsy spmy y C
p mp s. I s De regimine principum pds
dd d js s , p,
d ss s sy.As s, Gss smgy psd dsy s sp
my C s . H, Gs s my (
ss) s bg py sb y bs s m
mmy s y dpd pdd, s y dd by
. Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., 4.p.3.4269; d Aqs,Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 129699.
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 41, 93, 1057, 323, 357. S sEgds Rms, ractatus de peccato originali (Oxd, 1479), s. 34, 14; Egds Rms,
In Quosdam Aristotelis Metaphysicorum Locos Questiones (V, 1499), Bk 1, Qs 1; dAgs, City o God, s. Bs, 12.1, 13.3, 13.13, 13.20, 14.1112, 14.15, 15.22, 19.27.
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 19, 2527, 51, 57, 169, 191, 217,23343, 27981.
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dsy s mmbs d s y pm: ks dsy,
s . Ts, js s ds y s, pg
qs mb d s, d bdy s ssy mpsd mb ds mbs, s y ms b md p ds pss
s s y d ppss s d. I
p, g m ds, s s sg, g, d, d
dk, ms ys mmbs q spdg g s d
ds s. As sds, g y s, g
dg spz b sks pmd by s mmbs
(8, 58, 234, 274, 290, 29495, 297301, 383).
Gss k s As d m
s s s mpb bs, s, s s m. Idd, ps-sssg s d sg gg, ms m mpb
bss. N s s g my ds
s, s s k d b d d d gs, d-
g ms, b d dd m ms s
s (13, 59, 98, 16163, 170, 173, 226, 28889, 363, 371). H, m
s d s , s m my d d
s m d my, y , by mm js
xg, p s py d k s md. As sss b pdd by sg sd
my ys b b y, pp m sp sds
m d gs m g xg gds d ss, s
by b, d , m y, by sg my. A d m s b-
sd sg y pdg sss d s s
dgs ms p d x sy (5859, 16163,
169, 26567, 29495, 384). H, ms s
y d, dk, g, d p dd pys s,b s d d gm m d
sy. Ws ms s s y xpss ps d ds-
ps, ms s sp d gd d d , y p s
ms p s mmy y (28995, 31011, 38384).
. As, Politics, d. Es, 4.15.. Lmb, A pps, 355; d Sg Lsg, D mm pp : s
s d Gs d Rm d N Osm d Pq 1, 2 dAs, P J. J. M. Bkk,d., Chemins de la pense mdivale: Etudes oertes Znon Kaluza (, 2002), 65374,
66263, 669.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.2, 3.9; Ags, City o God, s. Bs, 12.28;
Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 27576, 290; d Lsg,D mm pp , 66069.
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F Gs, , xgg gds, s s d (kyd
ss), my ( ss) s d
my. Rs sd g gs, mss, d ps s sbjs sy pdd sss .
Bs d s s d s, s s ssy
g yp my . Ag As d s pg
by xgg my my s my dbs, Gs dd s
mg b d, s ms, s sd b m
s m. Smy, s g g m d, m
sg s b, m mg b gm ms m, s
ss m mg b b dgy p (17, 119, 132, 13638,
185, 21112, 220, 26769, 27273, 33233, 358, 384, 385). I s ss, Gspsd my s bg sy sp, s mg b s
sm gps d b pbd s. Ts, s mg d
p pmd s s
d, y pbd s s ps g
p mp qd by (1213, 163, 178, 224,
260, 292). By s, Gs, sy (ks) s ys g d s
sd b pbd m. Ws g s s py
gm, s d g s g qsgs sbs, g my s m bby s, k -
g ss, dg my sd ssy s g s
sbs, b s dd s sy (75, 26771).
H, s Gs s dsy, d, d mpm-
y s m sy, s, s s smgy, gd
g dg s ms md p qd
y sd b kd y. Idd, s Gs qd my
q (equalia), dsy bm syyms q-y, s s-d d d sy bm,
s, js d y. As Gs sd, bs
y s md p p d s zs d qs y f s
d mss ss d m, ssy s dsy by
sm ds d smm sgs (299300). Iby, dd s
. Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 79, 81; 119, 321; Sp H.Rgby, T W B, Cs d Pz, d Md Cs Wm, Chaucer Review35 (2000): 13365, 143; Ms, I Spk Fk S Es, 3537; d Lsg, D m-
m pp , 66061.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.10. O sy, s D Wd, Medieval Economic
Tought(Cmbdg, U.K., 2002), spy ps. 78.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.8.
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k, Gs sd m gy m bdy, s
bg p-m symb ms sy s d
md g.
Ts, js s mmbs bdy y sp mm js b s dsb js, by
ds mb g sp, s p m-
my qs dsb js by , p, d ss
gd mmbs mmy dg dg
(59). Csqy, Gs smms kd qy ( ss
dspp) js d p, s qy b
ms ss bdy skss d, s ss
y dd d m s y sy qd
s qy b s mmbs. Fg As d C, d dd js s ssgs y s d, Gs
gd s js s qd pp qy, s,
qy, m dss dg q
dignitas. T mm gds sy, s s , ss, d ,
sd s b dsbd dg ss ps s
m (28, 5560, 187, 375, 388).
IV
As Mx Wb sd, s jy , ss, d p sy
sy jsy s spy ms sp ss-gd
pps sm sp d s qy s p-
gd. T ss-gd Gs Rm sg gm
dsb js s d p gms s
dy s As m s jy p sy,
kygs d ps d g ds, ds s y s s d m p. I s b sm ms
. My Jms, R, Dm d S Bdy L Md Egs ,Past and Present98 (1983): 329, 6; d Ly, City and Cosmos, 160. F s s m-p, s s Sp H. Rgby, English Society in the Later Middle Ages: Class, Status and Gender(Bsgsk, 1995), 308; d Sp H. Rgby, Egd: L d Sy, Sp H.Rgby, d.,A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages (Oxd, 2003), 497520, 5034.
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.5.1718; Ags, City o God, s.Bs, 19.21; C, On Duties, d. Mm . Gf d E. Mg Aks (Cmbdg,U.K., 1991), 7; d Aqs, Summa Teologiae, d. MDm, 54, 387.
. Mx Wb, T S Psygy Wd Rgs, Hs H. G dCs Wg Ms, ds., From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology(Ld, 1948), 267301, 276.
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.13, 7.14; d Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Govern-ment, d. Dys, 169.
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sy d s ms b sbj m, s ms sb d
b s kk s s d ys
d s gd by s s, gd, dy, y, dyg. F Gs, s As, m
ss s s d xpd, s
sp, qy , s ys (3, 5051, 169, 173, 175,
212, 263, 273, 275). Gs ppd s pp mb d s
sps, dg s b d sbj, ms d s,
sbd d , d d d.
F Gs, m s y s m b s y bs d
pk, s y d p mms. I
s d s pp dsb- js s bg py d m ps d
sp b d sbj (161, 16970, 28996 383). Gs
jsd p dsp sm pp s ms
ss-gd s pssss gd , dsdyg d
pd, d s by mss, sd s
s, s s g mss sd b sbj
d m bs. F Gs, y gs
psps b ms g d g -md by d s gm. I g
pd ms ms y dsp bss, m
m, d d, d mss ss, s,
b kyd d, kg ds g pd d s s
s ss dsdg. W p Ay F s
N Ssm gm (N Ssm d b s
; B I k Ssm bs s ; W js gs
s s Ssm s p), Gs s b g yshould kg sdm sp
m b y ds s s s d b
kg s p b s s . A
ks pd d s d by s psss s s kyd
, y kyg, kg dd, b s my y y
b p, bg kg y by m d smpy sg kyg
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.
. Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646), 34.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.13.. Ay F, Tinking about Tinking (or Do I Sincerely Want o Be Right?) (Ld,
1975), 4750.
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(3, 1011, 4951, 61, 152, 154, 274, 329, 335, 338, 34042, 345, 34749, 372, 374,
377, 385, 387).
I dsp d gm g d s m-y bs y s m pd,
s bs p m gm? I sg s qs, Gs
d As dsgsg m kds py dg
xss p: m, pp, my pp. I ,
s kds gm k s p
m dpdg s g mm gd,
sd ys m b sg p ( g s sd
s ssy b dspsd), bgg sbjs p, pspy,
d (s my, sy, policia), y myps s-s (s yy, gy, dmy) (34,
15, 20, 55, 11819, 288, 304, 309, 32526, 328, 33345, 37273).
Gs gdd b sy d policia (s s I
y-ss pp s s, f s, d jdgs d
mk s) s bg py gm ms py. Nss,
gd bs yp gm s my, gds
sg ps sg gm d p: s b-
py b d by by my. F Gs,xp sd kg s, s s ps d p
s ms gm d p d ms. I m
g ms, js s ss s md s d d
d by s , s d p y m-
y s bs d ms ms gm (32628, 373).
I s ss, , s d m, kss Gd s
d d p d s p d kyg kygs (30, 81,
83, 336).
I sm y s ss bdy b d by s d my b bd s g, s s ss
mmy b d by s kg, dg bd, sp, d
m (38889, 41112). I g, , dsp xpy ps-
g policia s s m py, Gs s ssps my
pp d d sss y
s: m pp ggd smg, ss s
. O pd Gs, s Lmb, p, pssm.
. As, Politics, d. Es, 3.7, 4.211; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,8.10.2; Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 167278, 169798; dEgds Rms, ractatus de peccato originali, . 4.
. Lmb, Psps d s s, 3089.. F s s d, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 199201.
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sdm d (16, 281). Ws Gs ms pd dgs,
f s, d p d s p dds
g pm gs p f , s ppy sg y f gg my gs m p-
s ms gm (308).
I d jsy s b my s bs m g-
m, Gs kd y As (32829). I , s
As d s my p m s d m
s y, d s gd , y, s gd mg
m s sdm b d. H dd , p,
bs m py my b mxd s mbs
s, s ms s, d ms gm.Ts s y s k s dsd by my md p-
ss, m Aqs y Fs -
. By s, s Gs gzd p (.., pk
yy ), s sbj md by zs, s
gm m gm, ms d y (..,
g ), kg ks s m s b s mks
s dg s . Gs s s y s bg ms
g d m , qg Gd s d spmy s dd m
(19091, 213).
F Gs, dsp s kd pssss sp
d pd. I p, kgs, s dss y
sy, sd b s d m pd m. I my
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5, 5.8.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.10.2; As, Politics, d. Es,
2.6, 4.811; Rd G. Mg, Aristotles Political Teory: An Introduction or Students o Politi-cal Teory (Oxd, 1977), 6869, 71, 7677, 82, 100115; Csp Sds, Aristotle (Ld,2007), 36768; J Dbb, As Ss, By Smy, d., rends in MedievalPolitical Tought(Oxd, 1965), 6585, 6769; Bggs, Giles o Romes De regimine principum, 13;d Jms M. By, Ideal Government and the Mixed Constitution in the Middle Ages (P,1992), 1624.
. Aqs, Summa Teologiae, d. MDm, 290; J Ps, On Royal and PapalPower, d. J A. W (, 1971), 2068; Jms M. By, d., On the Government o Rulers:De regimine principum. Ptolemy o Lucca with Portions Attributed to Tomas Aquinas (Pdp,1997), 4:1.2; 4:1920; Osm, LeLivre de Politiques, d. M, 15253, 167, 24041, 279; S JFs, I Ps Ls Egd (ss 9, 13, 35) d T G Egd, Sy Lkd, d., On the Laws and Government o England(Cmbdg, U.K., 1997), 1718,
13; . Osb, Dmm Rg Pm: S J Fss Rsps Pbm yy s Psd by Tms Aqs d Pmy L, Medieval Studies 62 (2000):16187; d By, Ideal Government, pssm.
. By, Ideal Government, 6770; d Lmb, Psps d s s,32425.
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sm , s Gs ms dd, d b ms g
bs d ss m s kg g y sss -
y (4951, 55, 6062, 32930). H, Gs gd , p, ms s g, dy kgsp s y
bs m gm. Ag m dgs d sm dg
y d p, m gm s m ms ky
s mm gd d p s d yy. A d-
y s pss s m s s m ky kp
s m gd d d m; s ky b
ms s b y sd p; d s m ky b
byd by s sbjs ds m m g-sbsd
g. Fm, s s d ds ss bs d s, g, yg sd b bd d, s pb
sss sd b pmg (Gss x s s
ddssd ds sg s Pp III F) (3, 212, 32932).
Rssgy y s m s g, Gs s b
ms y As, xmp , d pp
p xp s dy my s bs d ms
m gm.
H, Gs s d sg kgsp, y dd sk xs yy dspsm pd js y
d ppss p s p. Rs shouldb d by
sbjs, s, by bg s ps s,
ds d my, dsb p m. Nss,
g , sy p s bs sbsd mks
ms d by s sbjs s , s ds m, d
s ps mm gd: p pgmsm d dd
p d d (39092). Ps sd s s s (py s d
ds s bs g) mkg ,
kgdms d mds ps . Ty sd s
sbjs ss ysmg d by y (53, 12526,
324, 329, 338, 341, 350, 35160, 376, 413). Rs s dy b b
d s ds sbjs d d s s
p s p. T gd sd s s kgs
y dd gs x ms b s p syg
. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.14; d Lmb, Psps d s s,302, 31618.
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b pss, s s ps, by p d mm p
m s dsbd. H s d s s y d s, s
s, s p s p (20, 7576, 317, 33243, 39091,396, 439). Ts, s De regimine principum s b s s
ds mmd m p, sd b sssd Gss
s s d g gs y yy. As s, p-
mps Gss p gs s d s
k s p mb d ps. I s spsg,
, d ps De regimine principum d
y by Sm By, s smms b s s sp
Rd IIs bssm, b s pssssd by s ppsd
kg, s s Tms, dk Gs. Smy, S Tms Bky s p J s, s Gss x Mdd
Egs, s y Gs d spp Bgbk, d s
y d dps Rd II 1399.
V
F Gs, y s s , b, d dsb sy
s s s sp ps d gm. Adgy, sg pd ds p ppy d d apologia
mpy qs , p, d ss, b
s ds d sss ms d sds. I
, Gs gd pssss sss s -
my, s b s by ms b g
dsp d pssss ms d sss
(163, 25960). Nss, s g pssss s p ,
. Pks, Hoccleves Regiment o Princes, 90.. Rd H. Js, Te Royal Policy o Richard II: Absolutism in the Later Middle Ages
(Oxd, 1968), 144, 15458, 16163, 173; Kd, Lordship and Literature, 54; Bggs, Giles o RomesDe regimine principum, 2, 6, 6062, 71, 94; Sms, Clerical Discourse, 6978; J Dbb,Cs d Vs, C, d., Te History o the University o Oxord, 1:565606, 587;Ng S, Richard II(N H, 1997), 44243; F, Te Lie and imes o John revisa, 11516;H, S Tms Bky, 88891; Uk Gssk, O P, Dsy b Hb:T Dps Rd II d Ms Ps, J. S. Hm, d., Fourteenth-CenturyEngland IV (2006): 15974, 16465; Ly Sy, Languages o Power in the Age o Richard II(Usy Pk, P., 2005), 29. F Bky, s Chronicles o the Revolution, 13971400, d. CsG-Ws (Ms, U.K., 1993), 169, 185; Cs G-Ws, d., Hy IV: T P-
m 1399, x d s, Ims 9, 52, 7475, Te Parliament Rolls o Medieval England,d. Cs G-Ws, P Bd, Sym Pps, W. Mk Omd, Gy M, ACy, d Rsmy Hx, CD-ROM (Wdbdg, 2005); d Te Chronicle o Adam Usk,13771421, d. Cs G-Ws (Oxd, 1997), 66.
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s Ss d P d gd, sy sd b d
mm by zs, s s p d s b m,
p ppy, pp pssss, s bs gm(260, 298, 3012, 3045, 31011). Gs pd , y, m
p, mg b bs ppy d mm. Idd,
ms, pps d d yg mm. H,
p, g pd m pps d dss s
d sd , s p ppy s pp, s As
d gd, mxmz bs (261, 302, 3056).
Gs d mb ss y p ppy s, p
s, sp mm sp . Fsy, s-
s p ppy, pp bsy psg gd,my pp s d, s py d b m p
mm ppy b sbsd, s s d d
dd . Sdy, mm sp gs
dd d s b gd m , s d b s
b bs m j . I bs, sd
m b m m, d g s -
mss, b m s m ky. Tdy,
g pbms s sk s dgd my ssd s s, Gs pd s m zs
d k m bys, m d d ss s, y d
dd ppy (26162, 302, 3056). Bsds, gs
b d mm, s d jym m d
s b dd: d ss m ds ss .
T s, m, d b m s , ss, bs
m d d s ms s b s d s d b
dsd mmsy g d m mm p.H, s s dd gd mmbs,
m s mm gd dd q sbsm m-
m ppy (3012). Idd, Gs ssms , d
my, m sk b pp by g g d
( dpd) s m ds dy s
y s s d. Rs sd s
ms s sd b s d m p
mmy (170, 174, 337).
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.15. P, Te Republic, s. Cd, 5.46364.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.6.
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Gss dsss d s y y s
Ass j mm ppy b s dpd gms
Psp gs ks s s Ps, , s yg mmsm, d s dd qy
mmy gds s d p d m d s
mgs zs (31112). Ags s , Gs gd
js s d xs bdy qs s ps d
ms dsb js (b, s II), s y m
d s dsb by ds m
dg q ss d dg (5859).
As sys zg Ss d Ps gms -
zs dg s d d mmy mm (26061,29798), dsp y s d d
bm (nobiles) dd y sm kpyg s s
pm (agricole) d pss (persone viles), s d b s-
sy s d d b mm. dsp ss
m s qy ( pp) b m,
s g, gd, , d kg, , ,
d pm, s dd pp s s, s
b m s b d, , pd sp s (303). Csqy, s y qs s mmbs
pm y d s, s sm d d s
dd , s p xg ss d qy
ss b m. R, s s sks dds
ms dd y m b d d sd jy
g dg s p s. Adgy, y sd b
g g s sys pd m dgy,
mbs sd b s xss y mps y, bsd b pp s ss d x s
s (306, 30910, 397).
E qy s d b d, Gs gdd s
ky, d s b dmd by sm pp
my d d s ppy, d, s
Ps d dmd, s d qy qy
s m bg s sbs m d y.
Eqy d b pdd y by sg p p d by mbg
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.7.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.10.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.14.
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, , Gs, d by g s s s d
y d p d bm pd d d g
m s spg d b ggd sg mssdspsd d p m bg d. Fy, zs d qy
py, s d m d d s dds by,
s, sy, y d qy py, y d
xy psg mp (31214).
Adgy, s Gs pd s s s -
g ppy, s Ls zs d
s xp s mgy s
dg qy s kp mgs m, dd s s spd
gs zs sd s qy (314, 387).O y, g As, k gd s d
ms d ssy b ddd ps: , p, d
s b (385). Gs s s s mby b s
gps, pg, s s, yg d y sd m
s p. O m, d ppd bb y, s
Tms Wmbd dd s ms sm 1389 kd S
Ps g m sd dy bd sm g
s d (1 C. 7:20). Isd, s s De regimineprincipum, Gs pd bss s gm y
As, d gd s b y d
d p m y s gy ss s s s
sy s gs g jyd s pgs. S arrivistes
py ky smb mps pd d gy:
b m d ym b ms gs
s md (156, 283, 33031). Rs sd
k s m g dsp qky b sdpm m gdy d y s b sd (350).
Y, Gs jd gms s s d
d mm ppy d s qy, s gy g
. As, On Rhetoric: A Teory o Civic Discourse, d. G. A. Kdy (N Yk, 1991),2.16.4 (d by bk, p, d s).
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.7.. As, Politics, d. Es, 4.3.. Kg, d., Wimbledons Sermon, 67 (s 99101). O y s mby
md Egd, s Sp H. Rgby, Egs Sy L Mdd Ags: D-, Amb d C, P B, d.,A Companion to Medieval English Literature andCulture, c.1350c.1500 (Oxd, 2007), 2539, 2834.
. As, On Rhetoric, d. Kdy, 2.16.4.
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dsmss psps s g b y msk, b sd
sg s ps by dg sm m
m. Ts, P d Ss g mm sp ppy d s d d, Gs ss gd m
sy sd b sd mm gd, s by
bg sd s g by, d z
sd s d s, d, d psssss s -
s (7678, 306, 31011). Gss ds p ppy s , -
, m s js mss, dds ps s.
O s, my pp p s g s ms d
mss, gd , d b dg p-
sg gd. Ags s gd, s d ss:s bd gg s sd by s yk yg mmm s d
s ms mk, ds d pd m dss s-
m. Smy, m s, s sm qs s d mms,
ds d mb m. Lks, skg
dss , m sd b pd s g ss d ps-
sss s d s, g s sf m s
k s (status) (70, 76, 100, 25254, 26465, 272, 330).
Adgy, s gg m dss mdy d dg y, Gs xpd , p, s m s y
sd dss dg s. Ws d b gs
m dss m b s (d g s
sms mk mss sm m b y y ),
d b gg, s, d pps m s pd m
dss s s x: kgs (uxor militis) sd
b b dssd symp sy (civis simplicis) d
ps b s.
E sbd sd s s s y d ms dg s s d ss,
s dd by sms s y, s dg sp
s ppss g d s sp s s
sp sbd. Mkss d my s, b xss
my, d, d ss, by ss
b s, s d bs. Ts, s m sd
dss mss mdy d mky, y sd s d s sm
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5, 2.6.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.3.12.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.1.31.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.7.15.
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d . Ts, g ss bdy, d ps sbds
d s d m (9495, 18889, 2035, 23536).
Smy, s sd d dk msb, s smsd s dmd by ds ps d by s
s gss. A ms s sd s b sd dg s
ss d . Ps, s, sd bd mg ss
mss s s x, s mg mks
sbjs d sp gs m (36, 165, 231, 25657). Lks, -
g ky db p Ass k, Gs gd
s my s Cs , ps s d mg-
my, s p g , d s sd d
xss my s y m bsg (8594, 11722).F Gs, by qy mmy ppd
y p d b s ss. Idd, s y
m ky b gd bg dd s
ps s m by y m gs. Rs sd -
dg sbjs dspy mg,
gy sd d p ms: y y sks p-
s gd (335). I s s mp sd y s
ppy s ppy dsbd sy dg mss, b s sp b sm d y dd (31415,
389). I s gs sk s d s, b s sp
(honor) s g ms s d g dds, pdd d
m ( ) m s (8990, 9394).
VI
A ms, Gss dsss s qy ms xg ss b kgs d pm s ms d md
s sy s bg md p y dd ss
s k, g, d py. Ts, s Gs bjd Ss
d Ps m ys gg m sd b sp m s
zs gds zs d bg dd
y, ss dsgsd s zs, d g
. Lmb, I s, 26468; d L, T Md Ip As, 88.
. As, On Rhetoric, d. Kdy, 2.16.18.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.18.. F s, s Rgby, English Society, 18293, 246, 3078; d Rgby, Egd: L-
d Sy, 500502.
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d dy b ms, m s ss mmbs sy d
d d dd py p y . H s md -
d ds b b ( g), s sk s pm m b b dd y, d s s s pm
d sm kd ds (223, 244, 292, 30911, 317).
I g, , De regimine principum
ks As, py Politics, ms Gss ms
by s y ms pp s dsss
s sd. F Gs, m s m dmsm
m s m pm, s sd s bss
m sy, s ss p , m mp ms
mmy, s s y m (16567). T sd s smpsd d sps mms. Fsy, s
sp b sbd d , s sd; s-
dy, b ms d s, ms ; d y
b p d d, ps d mps (16466, 17276).
As s dsss sp b d sbj, Gs ps-
s s mms ms my b b
gm s g sdm d s
s ss , , , by d d s sp-s kdg y bg d gd d
p (242).
T ds b m k ss sds s
dy pp. A , k bd d dkg ss
Dds, bs d y mss ds p d,
ms ms sd ds ss d s gs,
s d b sm m pm s sks ms. Js
s gs s bdy s sbj , s, my, ms s yg s sd. Nss, js s s
smy gs ms sms sd s
ms dy, d s sd d s by ms sm md p,
s sd d sd g s sss psssss, s
s bs d ds, s s sms pssss ss, s, s
ss d mss. I , s ss d f s sd mss
. Gs ds sm d psd-As Economics (Lmb,
A pps, 317; d Lmb, T P, 1523).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.7; d Lmb, A pps, 35761.
. Lmb, A pps, 320.. F Dds, s As, Politics, d. Es, 1.4.
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b kd y, ps d ss g
s, s g f s g b pmd y gy s
y pd mss dkg d (59, 25455,27879, 28384). A m sd sd b msm C,
s s s s p s Gd. Adgy, js
s yg s yd b y C,
s, sd, s pdd s sd y
dms s ds dy d mg b sd s b gdd
dg ss sp dg d s. Gs gzd
ds s gms d y dg sms
d y (sms m s d), b gdd
s y s bg py gm pdd y p sgs my p (27980, 390).
H, s mss p m ss ss, Gs
dd dmym, yg dm, sy
ms s ss s xsd my b ms m-
s. R bg -sdd xp, s sp s -
y spd b ps, s sd by (17071,
176, 194). Lk Gd, s C s pd d sdm,
ds sd p, sk, d s s sbj (211). As s, Gs ssmd ds d b m gd
d dsdyg, b, g As, gd s
s d dy d y gy kg pys sg. I s
s s s d d sps s. As pys
b mks s d, sg d sg s b pp
sdy d sdm s m k. By s, m
g bd sg gy ks d kyg d s
yms. I ps s b sg d s ym s pds d s. Lk bd m ds b d by sm s
sgd, s ds ms s s: s m sd
b ds d s m bdy. Fg As, Gs qs
msy s s xsd by zd pps
bbs d, kk s s, d m-
ss. E g, g, m d g g gs
m xp p g, y b gd
. As, Mpyss, s. W. D. Rss, Te Basic Works o Aristotle, d. RdMK (N Yk, 1002), 12.10 (d by bk d s).. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.17.. F s Gs gs pps, s s XI, b.
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gs s bbs y sbm g sps
(3, 5051, 17071, 19394, 24445, 263, 274, 284, 399400).
As s, Gs ppd s js s pds gms. Js s mxd bds q m b
mys , s s py pp y bm
mpy my sm m ds d -
s ss. I m g ds ms,
mgs ms s s sbj s (5051,
27375). Gs s gm ( d pp Jss
Institutes) dm (servitus), m , sd b s
s d s, by , m m d
ds b . Ags s g, Gs d s d y b dsd d sss: sy,
d s d g (s, sy, bs ) b s
sd pdd by m; sdy, d m y,
s d b dd s s gs s. H,
g g s s kyd s ss, s m b
kd, s s sd ss bs s bsd s d
ss mm gd. Smy, sd ss, s gs
sm m s d b bd m s s s d mxmzs mm gd (382).
Gs s s s d spd m sy smm
b ss d smm b ds. H, dd s kyd
s, by d, s, d bbs s s, Gs s
s sd yp s: ps sg
s dd b s s qd m. Js
s s, bg sp ps s, sd b ds s
ss s, s s s sp bd sg dyy my d p sd b ds s y m
b. Ts gm mg k p kyd dsp,
b ss s s d ps. Idd, p, s s-
y m d m b s b
jy spy d s. Ag, Gs s s ps
sg s bg b ps. O d, gd pp
g mm gd, s y d s ps y;
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.8, 7.14.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.31; d P Kg, d., Corpus
Iuris Civilis, 3 s. (B, 1928), 1:2 (1.3 [d by bk d p]).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.6.
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, s bd dd, s g s
s s d m s syg m d ymm.
Gs dpd sdd md ymgy L d s (servus) s mg s b sd m d by s
p d sm p m (27576, 36770).
Gs s dsgsd yps s. O s m
bms s gs (mercenarius) bs mk g
m ms m y s s gg ps, kpg
ms, g, sg, sg g pd, dg, g
, pg m mm sp. I s g, by p-
p mm js, km, s y s
(Lk 10:7), s pd s bs. T d bs ms ss m s y my b ppy , ,
d gd . B s ms s ssy sy
bs, g qs s sd by s,
y k gdss ms , p, y g
s. Smy, s ss ys b s g
bd s s qs, ds s s k
y (262, 27172, 27677, 28485).
Ag ddd gmy y s b s dm d s ppy s ss s sy bg -
s ss s, Gs dd m mss d ms s
b m. As s, Gs gdd s m
yg s dd d pp. Adgy, sd b
mdd , d , s As d msy gd (d
Bs d pd), s s m b ppss,
dy d xss, d dpd by b C d G.
F s, by s s m b ( dy gsy) d pdgy ( xss ) , p, s m s
m ky b d p m dy
s pdgy, d s s s m
bg s mdp b m (14, 4142, 6263, 65, 7678,
94, 98, 102, 136, 193, 274, 284, 295, 385). Smy, mss sd b
. Kg, d., Corpus Iuris Civilis, 1:2 (1.3); d Isidore o Sevilles Etymologies, d. PsTp, 2 s. (C, N.C., 2005), 1:5.27.32; 1:9.4.43 (d by bk, p, d s).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 2.2.68; Lmb, I s, 275;
C, LGW, F 16566; C, r, I, 68789; C, Pars, X 833; G, Conessio Amantis,5.764143; Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., 4.p.7.50; d C, Bo,IV.p.7.96100. F s ks s d, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 32,4142, 82, 9192, 123, 145, 15152, 241.
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y m ss, d d sg s
sp, s dd mpy y sd pps bg
d y ds m s y s ds s sbjs. R,dspyg md mgms m, y sd dp
s mdd s b xms, g g
k d, ss m sd b s b m.
Idd, ss k , s ms s m
s, y sd b sd s y ds d,
sd b bs dd y ss, d sd b d
k ds py s (9899, 277, 284).
VII
Gss yss sp b sbd d
sd s, s bs pps, y sm s
b ms d s. F Gs, s As, m s
m g, s y d mg ss
sp s s p m s
k d m s g (.., p) s sd. Ad-
gy, s d my, k s s y mmmy, ss m, y bs -
y d , , k mks d ms bs,
sm ss b m skg s ds p
d d (170, 17478, 187, 29092). Hsbds d s pd
mpsp, d (k sm sps bds d ms
m s d ) b ps dd s
d m m spg, ss m d d s
bg xp m (17982). H, s ds b b ps, m bg y
d bsss sd sd s m pm
k sd m, dg dms sks s s g d sp-
g sk (g Gs s ms k d dg
y d s ss), by bg gd
(177, 24748).
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.6.8.
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.7.. F db g sx ds b md Egd, s
Sp H. Rgby, Gdg Bk D: Wm L Md Egd, Gender andHistory12 (2000): 74554.
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Uspsgy, Gs dd s s gd ds b smpy
ms g mm xg, b dsd
ms dsb js. Js s ms s-d s k p s ss s sbjs, s, mmy
dk b m d m, sbd s d d ms,
xss g s sd ys b
bd m (17576). Iby, js s Gs jsd dsp
ms s ms mss sp sdm, s
ddd spy sbd s dd, m
g m ms ms sppsdy g -
y. I s m sd b sbj m mg
m pss mm pd, d sdm. I ms jy dsp bss pd, s, s As d sd,
m sd ys jy dsp m k pd
m d s ss b s (5051, 182, 275). Ts m
s bg ss pd pdd Gs s jg Ps
d Ss m m sd b g d dds ms:
y dd m pssss by d pys sg qd
d--d mb; y s kd s d sdm
py dd y b. Wm sd b d g y mgy, s, y s kd s
m gg d (192, 298, 3067, 311). Ts, g
s ppy xmp bs gg dgs
m (327), Gs bjd s smy ppd
b gs, s, d ks d g m sd
d dds ms, gg sd ms k s d sd
m gs y d s (298, 307).
Gss b ms sp y d by s ps-ss m gg dy my, s
ssd kgy dgy sd y pss m (331). M
spy s pdd Gs gd j pydy,
m s mb sbds. H gd d
dd s sg ps d b d my, ps
sm ks sd b sbj m s. Ts,
. LHm-Lq, L mm, 47179.
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.12, 1.13.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.6; P, Te Republic, s. Cd, 5.45157; d
Jms M. By, Wm My: Ss Agms d Md Imgs Wm,History o Political Tought22 (2001): 24269.
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g my sm m s d by b my d kg, ,
s ss my ms s dd by d s sbj kg:
g s g md. Smy, m, bg pd, , d sdm, sd ys b sbj m.
H, s d m sbds, s d m s d
b sbj m, smg s s kyd. Ts, s
s pygmy g s d sb, s pmd
s d s sb sg d, Gs gdd pydy
s bg m dsb gm, s d
mgs m ss (18084).
Js s Gs s d s bg ss mp d p ss
ds, s, s gdd m s bg ss s, s mss bg k mp ms. Ts mp xps y m
py g ps m pp, s s ps
ss x gdss pys by (166, 19798, 2067). Gs
dmd , p, sm m pd d sm m
m pd sm m. H, s s m
d, s xps d dm g d m
b sbj m. I sm y s ms b g-
dd (s , s bdys myg, pys g-d sd bdy), g my dds
y b -dd d g-dd, s s gms ms
b bsd p ss b s y m d
s gy (51, 181, 29192, 332, 420).
As Gs s m s bg ss s, d s
d s gy bg ss s m. Adgy,
gd s sd my b d p g
zd , y, m d s. Fm, ds d s bdd d gss
dsp d pp s, m py ky
s s s sppsd md d
(51, 2068, 284, 339, 355). T xp Gss g gs kg
. Gs s ppsd pydy gds d s b mp sbds d mp s sg m. O dsd-gs pygmy m d b ss ky s d d b s y s, m d sx mb m m ky b b,
d d p m m pdg d s s s bg d m, s sg p s ppss mg (18384).. Gs d b s s dg s p b m y bg g-dd
g qs As kyd s y s sg s (218).
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m s s s mss d s dd qky.
Hs gm s bsd As m bgs
mp gs mp s s bs ds ss d gs ds m mp ks.
Adgy, js s ms bds m m s
ms, s m, bg m , ss m, s
ms s s s d ms , g,
m s m p (2067).
M gy, s ms d , Gs s s s
bg spy m, , s y ss s
m, py ky b d by mp pps d
sgss dss d s, spy y md yg g (189, 195, 2078, 245, 249). I y b, s, d
sb ms mpx (.., pysg mkp), s
m (py yg m) s d sb ds d
. Bg ss bdd by s m, y m d
mpy psss, g d sy d d,
d b sds d sb (199, 24549, 409). I s psp,
s m mp d s, k Kg Sdps, N,
d Js Cs, mss gy bmg mm (26, 73, 346).
Gs ssd ms sppsd ss s k
pys sg mpd m d pysg y
sd m dss mpx. As ms,
ms m ky b d d
bs, s s dss ss bdy s
mks mg d sg, g xss s s bd
bdy.
T d s mks p d d s s bs g, s ds d m d. Idd, m
gy sg d bd s s,
m ky b b d (67, 69, 19697, 244, 259, 307,
39798). Wm, by s, b mpx, bds
bg, s s, s d sb. Js s ms sp
. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16.. As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10.. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16. F s s Gs mmds xpsg -
d d s ys d d s d sg bds mpdd y ppd dds ms (238). S s B, Te Measure o Multitude, 258.. F bdss s , s As, Politics, d. Es, 7.7; d G-
y Ls, d., Te Earliest English ranslation o Vegetius De re militari (Hdbg, 1988), 50.
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mpx bss, s ms mpx s sp
m. E g sm m d sg, s s y
s gd bdy mpx, b s pd sd d mkp sd by xss pgm. F Gs,
mpx ms bds s kd dy ps-
ss, s ms pys spy s ssd pssss
b s s d sp s s. H gs
my, s mpx bdy, ms
m, s d sb bdy, s sds d
sb ds d (153, 16162, 199, 2067).
I s ms, Gss m gd spy m -
y s kd x ms bdy mpx s -y ss ss , g qy ssd
s sd bdy s b d s s, s
d , , mpx bdy s
s (16, 6871, 131, 14748, 195, 199, 202, 219, 236, 274, 327, 388). A b-
s xmp s s dkg xss ms ,
pds bdy, s dspg by s s,
d s g s ds y d pmg d s (232).
R, pbm Gss mp k sppsd y ms s gd y d sss m-
px s ms d mpyd psy pps gm
s ds dsp mss ss. H d md
s s (d s m sd b mss) dd b -
d s d sky d bd sg, kd
gd mpx, s s ss d g bdy
sg b kd (151, 171, 399400). Y, dsp psg ms-
s d ss s bg sy d ms s d sg,Gs gd d s d bdy sg
m jsyg spy m m. Pps d-
b s gs s pp Gs s b gms
sd bss s p ssmps b by mss
g ss d m bg s b m.
Dsp s g ssssm m y, Gs dd
d m pb . Tg s-
bds, dg psm gs y spss ,
. As, De Anima, d. Ls-d, 1.4, 2.4.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.56.
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m b bg sy d sy ( sss m
s s s d), sss d sss, bs g,
d, d dk, d s s m m. A s b mpd g p m gd p d by
bg kp bsy sd k sg d bk-g,
dpdg sms y, s s ds
dss ds d s. I p, yg m sd b -
bdd m syg d yg b s y d
ppy s, d s smsss ss m m
y, d d bm smd mpy m (189, 2001,
208, 234, 24548). By g m xss dds d, s-
bd s p s d y gs mp- dss d mps bds d ss b ps, g,
s, p s d ssy my s s (29,
35, 6970, 177, 2012). Nss, g sbd sd s
d sd ps ssy, sd d d
bdyg by s jsy y pks s s ds
s pbd. Bg bdd smg mks ms d
ds m, b s s py m m
d s m (2068).I g, g y g m b,
Gs psd m ms xms gss d y:
y md, y s myd, s y ,
y ppd pm dds s m d m m.
H, m d , m gdss, y gy
pssss p m, s s d b pd-
ss, s pd dss mpx-
s. Ts, bs m by ,y gy sms (.., y pssss sg ss sm),
s s m ss, d s d sk dds
y pmpd d s by s. Smy, d
d b m bs y s s, d
d p my s y mss ds mpss m s,
m gy m ssy bss s
, b bs y s d d dsp
d s d py s s dsy (13436, 19799, 246,
307, 401).
. O ms s, s As, Politics, d. Es, 1.13.
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Nss, js s yg d d m -
s s g, s s gby y d ms-
ss d g, d js s b, , d mgy m ms p s pss m, s,
Gs gd, by s s, m m
s d pps (18, 14950, 15657). Tg s sk s d
m m, ss s pssb. I d,
m s s, s s g d s
sbds s, py, s s s Cs W
B (III 52942), m ds, m ms jdg d s
dg s xp dd . H sd -
d g xss jsy ds s d ys kg s , s s gd d , s s gs s
b m d dss m m s pb ds. As s s mp-
, sbd sd g d dsp, sd d
sg xss ks mk m pd
d k mss sbds mss d ds (2038).
As s js mss ss, Gss ds
spy sbd s dd
s xs xs yy sd. O -y, gs s sd s msm y, s
s b ms p by p mmy
b d: mp g p zs
s d, d s p p p -
zs p sbd . Ws
s s d s ym k, sbd, g y s
b s , s s bd by mg d by d-
s d s, k s d s b p d s sbjs. Uk d, d s
, ds s sbd, d s, ss, s s p d
s (18283, 19092, 194, 203, 213). Gd, s ms sm
C, s d d g s bs dd s
dd p pps. Adgy, s f s s
s b b d bg p d, y sd b d
k ss, s y by bbs pps ss s by p
m d ss d s s s d d
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.12; d Jms M. By, Fmy, Gm d Md Ass, History o Political Tought10 (1989): 116, 712.
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p. E g m ds m, sbds sd b
g, dy, d sp ds s (g sp
ms s ks dpd p ms p y),mg m y b d, dsp
s s m ppss mg (5051, 17480,
19294, 199, 2016, 214, 275). I s bs md ps d
xss ss ss g ds g s
b m (18788). T sp sd b b sbd
d s pdd Gs s ss ppsg pygmy,
s g my s d m m d s d
s qd d s p (180). T d
b spss s s s y Gs ppsd ss mg: d b s s s ddd
sd b b sbd d , s d d s dg
s kyg d bd s d d s
y (186).
VIII
Fy, mmy s dd ss sm pp d -s sbj m, s pps y mss d ss d
sbds d s, b s s d d (175). Idd, s
s, Gs s p s d s bg
g , s, s bg m d mp
sbds s. Lk mss ss d
sbds s, Gs psd ps (py
s) d s bg b s sbj
. Ws g gs sd ys gs, s Gds d, ss d ps m bjs, sp-
s dy p s p. Adgy, s d
ms sd , , d sgd d s s
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.2, 6.8; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,8.12.7; d Lmb, A pps, 337.. Gs s by ppsd d (17879).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 9.10.. Gs s ppsd ss mg s gds, dg pg-
m gm mg -k d s xd ds d -s. H, dd dsps d b g mg kk, pdd y sy d, s d bg sm g gd (s s p) d p sm g (18486).
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jd ms d. F ps, p bs m m
p (s gs pd y bg
smg k mss) d s m, ss, m my. I , d, p pds pys-
, m, , d sp p d g, bs
gs ys dp m mp m p m, s
g m d d. Cd sd , , d
sp s d ms d b sbj m, g Gs
bd ms d s spg s
gy g d ds ps. T
d sd b sbj s d ms pdd Gs
gds s bj ss mg ps d, s d ps s mpb
dds b d b sbds d s (8, 61, 166, 174, 176, 185,
19092, 21045, 293, 337, 37071).
Ag sd ps d, Gs s
s s sp s sg m g d yg
b sbj d. Ts pp s y xpss -
spy s m pd s d m
xp ks d dds gs. I s js s psb pps sd b d by s, s d,
p y, sd, d spkg sm, sd
b gd y by ps b s by s d s d
d y m g y ms s d
mpssb. F s, s y y d y,
yg sd b d sg gs, s s mgs
kd m, s s d y sm ss (5051,
22630, 236, 331).
Ws bds d bss d by s, msy m dsdg d s, s d , m-
s, d s s m ssy m y yg d
mpssb (21922, 23435, 297). I s spy mp d
sd b bd s d ds g
, gg py s ds m
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.23. Gs dssss pd
s g p ms d ms (293), sGy Vs, Poetria nova, s. Mg F. Nms (, 1967), 49.. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.14, 7.17. O psb d sb ds
s, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 9397.
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pm b y dy y b ds d s sd b
sbj s (24243).
Gs py dmd s gm b yg bgd by ds dpd As
y s ddd pss sdg y, dsdg d g
d, b m, px , p m g. I
s mdd g m ms ky pssss s s
yg d d s kg yp s, g d-
ds mdd-gd my, p, pssss p pps d
s ps ys (14050). Lgy, s -p sm sd
d dd b yg d d sd, g,
b sbj s pk my. I p, , Gs dd s s b sd smpy gd s sm
kygs d ps sd b d ms, d s psd bk
by q sdm g d g y s
dds s As, p ds y (137, 316).
IX
G Gs gdd sbd sm gs s s -b d dy dd, , ps, sy, s dy
spsg , k As, gdd bd sbmss s
s g sps s ky . Idd,
Gs, js gs, by sbjs bd ,
ss mpss s qs pp b my, s
gs dy qs mp p sps.
W s js d b d, d sy d b
dsyd by sd (5458, 28082).
As s, Gs ss bd s ppg s s d m
pd s ss s, d s s pmg mm gd
, d d k. Adgy, s sd b bd
sbds, d s d ds, d ss d s
mss, y sd b s sy bd
. As, O Us, 401; As, O Y, Od Ag, L, D dRsp, Te Complete Works o Aristotle, d. Bs, 1:761; D, Il Convivio, d. Cd,4.23.416; M E. Gd, From Birth to Old Age: Te Human Lie Cycle in Medieval Tought,
12501350 (Lm, Md., 1989), 39, 105; d B, Te Ages o Man, 511.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.1.1520; Aqs, Commentary on
Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 895912.
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y dsd mmds y b g (129, 175,
24243, 274, 382).
H, Gss s b bd s pps msy s sbjs d s s, sy xp
m d m sp d bd d m,
s s sp s py ky pk g p
p. As p d g (s ppsd
y) s d s sbjs , y s s zs
s ms bsyss sd b bd kyg
d d bkg s s: m s gd sy s bd
p d ym s. E s y b
s sd b bd ds y mss yg s m s gd p b s b sg (24243, 38790).
Gss mpss bd md m y q gs
s gs y b. Apg Wbs sss
d g m p gm y,
gd s d s bsd s, sg
ms m sbsd sg. H, smy p s bms,
s , kyd, s g p dm
sp g. Nss, Gs dd d sd b md s y y s, s,
d s b sd (31819, 331, 360, 38083, 409).
Csqy, s dy ky b ssps bd,
ssg sbs yy sm, Gs gd
, , bd kg d s s s dm b s m
dm (non est servitus sed libertas). Lk Ss, d gd
s s s d by b s m
s s s psss, Gs md s s bspp dsby ms kyd. Pdxy,
s s bd kg y . S bd
p sbj, s s m m sdm s qd
b , s pb d spd , s ss sy
m, gs m pspy d sy s zs, d
. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.8; Mx Wb, Economy and Society, 2 s. (Bky,1978), 1:215, 22641.
. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.34.. Esk, Te Hellenistic Stoa, 44, 54, 56; S, O Cmy, Te Stoic Philosophy
o Seneca, s. Hds, 163; Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg,3940.
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s m b md d gds
y sks p s sbjs m g (7, 11, 73, 24243,
34042, 38790, 396).
Sbjs sd d pkg by byg s mmds, by dg m d
m, by spg s pg gs, d by sgdg s my d
s m. I sd mmds pys sks
bg bdy , m m sd by ps
s bg mmy p d ss (38890)?
S bd sd b y dd p d
mm p bg mpsd p g sbjs, s s
by y (335). F Gs, dsbd d b ssd
d py ss m sq dsd dm dsp. As s, s yy s g, dg
yy my b pb ms s m b bd
p d bk s (38889).
X
I s sss bd d d, Gs ssmd -
s sy d b zd by m b smmbs, sbsm s d p bg pps
y s d s . Nss, Gs dd xp s -
my b sy d s, m g sy,
s g b s ys by m (305, 353, 359). H zd
s dsd ds ys s m s ks s-
y b d g. Ag p m,
k m gds, ms ky m sps
gms pssss d gs, sp d g-s m g ss s b ggd d s s. Ts s
spy ky s m d y s s
d, py s m d gd mss s m y
y y . M s ky s d qs,
js s d sps, s y d b ms s s
ps: ks [ps] ks d sms
sms. Idd, Gs s s mg d p s
. As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10.. O ss m sy d g s d dgs
m, s Aps ds Cs Phys, y sk p s m jyg pss.
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bg py dgs s d p d (135, 31415, 347,
350, 356, 389). Csqy, s d mg d my
s y g ms b dd d k pd m, b s by zs b p d d s b m
pd (316, 35051, 39497). Fg d x s
s p bg d d mk s sbjs m bd
(349). I s s b dd by p gy g
f s mgs mb m ppg f s d
s gg ds mgs s xdd m (308).
H, mgs d p s py p-
s sy, s spy ky s b d
p. As Gs, g As, dmd, g, y (valdedivites) b ms sb ds p, b
d dsps, gg, d ppss m s. Smy,
y p (valde pauperes) d sby ds
d mgy, b d mk ds d s. Ty
s kkd d g ds , yg m
d skg d ys y mg s d py s
gd d . I y p, y d
, js s d g m (386). Lks, -by g s b mss d ss s gds
Gs ppsd mm ppy d s qy, gg
s s sm zs s b s, d
b m ky z s sbj (3056).
Gs sggsd p mds s b
d p. T s, s s, s ps mk s
d p d bs ps by ppssg s b
m (317, 396). T sd s p s y by mpy-g s mg sbd b zs d sppss sgs
sbjs d ss gs s s b m. Oy y
sks dd s sbjs d s m gs d
. F s g C, s Sp H. Rgby, Sy d Ps, S Es, d.,An Oxord Guide to Chaucer(Oxd, 2005), 2649, 3845.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.33; As, Politics, d. Es,
4.11. F s md Egd, s Rgby, English Society, ps. 24; J W
d Sp H. Rgby, Egd: S C d Pp Ps, Rgby, d., A Companion,6586; d Sp H. Rgby, S S d Em Cg L Md Egd, Rsmy Hx d Mk Omd, ds., Cambridge Social History o England, 12001500(Cmbdg, U.K., 2006), 130, 23, 2022.
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s s p (342, 396). Fy, g As, Gs gd
mms ms d , p, d s b,
s my s ms ky b d s g mb m pss (persone medie) s mmbs ss d y
dsps p d m b qy
. H, g zd Pss gms
qy zs, ss d s sg ms by
s s s s m sm m q mgs
m (38587).
T s Gs s g sd s g-
m , s, dm y s m s d by
y. Uk my md p ks, Gs dd C xpy gg , ssy, y d b
s psy s d s. Y, bs yy s
gm d , bd s ky d b
gy dd by y. Hm kss ms , p,
y kgs pm sm s yy, s y s
gd d mp s sg s s dg
s sd sp (343, 351). Nss,
kg s xssy y, s ky pps x- m d b m s sg dsy. Adgy, dsp
s sss s bd, py p s
b, d dgs ky s m dsbd,
Gs dd g y m yy s b pd
s d by b. R, k Aqs, Gs md sm-
py sm yds sm yds my b ss
sd by sbjs dsbd . Ts
p s xy m yy s b d y ps (38789). Ws dd xpy d g y,
Gs, As, C, d my md p ks,
dd d yy d ys dsy s, s s b
g dd d by gs ss m s sbj :
m y s, s s g b (25, 11720, 32829,
. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.3; d As, Politics, d. E-s, 4.11.. C, On Duties, d. Gf d Aks, 107, 111; d Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry,
18283.. As, Politics, d. Es, 3.17.. Aqs, O Py Gm, A. P. Es, d., Selected Political Writings
(Oxd, 1959), 1.6 (d by bk d s).
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33238, 34049). By s, Gs s ss mb b b
by ks sy. Js s ms, g y,
b s b ms d s g gs m, s zs mmy s s
b sgs m (73, 263).
XI
Gss De regimine principum s mp pd mps js-
qy b s d d, b s sss,
d b mmbs sd. Y, s x dss s s-
pg, s ys p b d gs gd p ss my spsd s g . Idd,
s b sd s ms mpssb m p
sys dm dgy mkg s ps bd
m dm dgy. Cy, sps Gs Rms g,
p s Cs mpss spy sp gdss
m d m b b, d p
b p ppss Gs ms d dy ppd. I
p, , Gs ms pd d md py d- mps s gms s , dmg
dg k d De regimine principum, y -
y m bs .
I dy ds sg , s md gs, Gss -
xs d jdgg gs sp d s
s bg sp m bjs d bdy. Adgy, dpd
d g , s sy Mds sd, y s
y s gds bdy b s ddsd gd s (10, 1829, 50). Y, dd d m s
y gs sd b sd jd, sd b
dspssssd . O s, m sd b s msy s
. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.5.7; As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10;C, On Duties, d. Gf d Aks, 71; d Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 183.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.8.. Rb Lpsy d M Wsk, Film Teory: An Introduction (Ms, U.K.,
1988), 6366; d Sp H. Rgby, Hsy, Dss d Pss Pdgm: A R Hsgpy?, History and Teory45 (2006): 11920.
. Ns Abmb, Class Structure and Knowledge (Oxd, 1980), 40. F mdxmps, s Os, Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England, 290361; d Rgby, English Society,31016.. Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., Bk 3.
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gdy y bm ss psssss ps
ds sp m bj. Nss, sp
s m d m s y d yms ds d s ppy (7678, 25960). Rs my bg
y , b, k gds s s p,
s , m, d bdy , y gm ss pp-
ss d bssg m Gd, pdd y sd s ms
g d s d bg d s d
mss. I gds ss gd
s, s s d s s ms by
mg, d s pssss mg s s s
d s d dds (1829, 85, 104, 122, 15354, 17475, 187,25254, 26465).
Ts, sd pdg sp p s, Gs, k
md mss, gd s pssssd dp
ppp d , sg s y b dd
y d mm gd g d s g
s pd mp (15255, 3056). S ks
dd m sd b y, b y sd
b s. I s s s g, s m y mss, b xss d mmd s
kd d Dyss Sy d yy (76, 11920). Gs
s b mz ds Cs spy
y md s qy by g s sm gs s
gd gs pssss m s. As Gs sd,
s psssss mss b s s
d m (314).
Gs mpd sm b, d, Cs b sp qy ms (G. 3:28; C. 3:11)
d, , s p s spy s
b ss. H, dsgsd yps by gd-
ss. Fsy, s d by s ssd s
bd, ss, d y my d p d ms d my
m. I p, pp sdd b y m
g bd s m d myy d d ym. I s
mg m, gy d by s b d bd
. E Ck, Is d Lg Rspss Bggg Md Egd,Social Science History26 (2002): 44773, 451.
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gdd ss. S by, k ss dss, s bsd
ppyy d yg () pp (150, 28081).
Sdy, , dd s d gd, s sp- by gdss s spss s -
s d gd s d gdss ms (28081). F Gs,
s pssss s s d by g s kgdm
zs m s smpy , p, d
b k (385). I smy g , C s y dy
Wie o Baths al q pssg m Bk 4 Ds Convivio
bsd p De regimine principum, , s s, s
by m, d spp gm by s
s s gss/As s dsdd d ss b s pm g dds (III 110910, 1115).
Y, p, js s y s s C s g
s dsm mp y dys b pmy
m b b, s y d p Gss ds-
b s by d m gy s ms mm-
dy d by s m , , s b bd ,
g, s m b ms pp, xps
mm q kds by (28081). F Gs, sby d m spy d b d m ss.
Fsy, sm y ms b m ms d -
ms m ms, s my gd m m gd m
d s m m s m. I s b
s d mkyg b mk, s p
y yg, d s pysy mp, pd d s b
bdy, md, d s, ps gd-kg
d.
I gdss s dpd pd s s ss ds d ms m, s y s
. F D, s 26. S s M K, Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in theMiddle Ages (Ld, 1996), 187222.
. Sp Kg, Georey Chaucer (Oxd, 1986), 103; d Ms, Fallible Authors,31532.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7.. F s s, d bs y db s dgs m, Gs m-
mdd m sd y d dds d y s g ysd. H, y d bg ms p d y y-g ys d.
Smy, m sd dy p y pysy y g, myms y sd b gd s y-, g my b spd m my b s g (19596, 233). S s As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16; d B, TeMeasure o Multitude, p. 12.
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sms b b, s s pbb m by d s
gy b kd. Ts b ss s m ky
b sp ms s s sp sm d, s gd mpx bdy ds b kd
pssss s s dspsd, mkg m s d b
d s m pdspsd ds m (4748, 15051,
189, 195, 281).
Sdy, s d gdss s d, -
d s b s d sk m ss
ss, mgmy, d mg. I p,
s b ss mmy pb y ms y
m smd mm dds m, b sds b xmp s. Ts sy s s d bs s
kd , s, sds b d g
m m, s sy bg smpy m gd ms
b s bg kd s by, mg, mp-
, sy, d by. Idd, gss d bss ms
d s: s pbs , s
sy s , s ss d p
sd dspy s gd ms. By s, s (rustici), d sy , d b bss (s) d byds (s s-
ds) (43, 9798, 15052, 211, 28083, 333). Smy, bs g m
(nobiles) g d ds d s
s (rurales), y ky mk b gs s y
m smd b. Ts s d by gm
gy s d m sy s d s s ,
m pys sg, dd y b, spy
md mb, g pys sg s my mkm m sb gg (4023).
Iy, , Gss m by s s dds
s g s py g s mps, p, s
y b dpy s b jsy d s spy
s b bd, y dy m dds
ss b (153, 38487). Gs k gd
ps, g ss bd, d s s s m
s d b bd. Smy, s ys,
. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 1.4.5.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.3.5.
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s s d s p d bs, bs,
d gm s s x d by gd s
g my b sd, g s bs bsd ss d bdpd dsp d, ds b, (53, 123, 18687,
33940, 347, 350). Lks, ss y Gs gd gs s-
ys s d d bg d mm by s zs s s
gm d q d sm kpyg, s
qy dg bsdy g m sd b dspsd
d p m d pss sd b sppd (3014). I s
s y sy sm pp sd b ssgd dd
d s g ps d , s b s
dys y b s s m b d s k ds (306, 311). I pg gmy
d qg s d m by, Gs s s b -
b spy gs sp p
mpy qs , p, d ss. H s sd
As sbgy, by m bs, sm
m mkd sbj, s , Cs-d
m mp, by ps d bs dsd
bg p mss my sp m (17,4951, 73, 101, 110, 119, 124, 17778, 212, 244, 28182, 385, 395).
Nss, p, dsssg xs p
sd, De regimine principum ds sy
ssssm sp b sps d s, mk-
dy s s s yss. As s, Gs
sy psd sps b s sps d s s
bg b b ps. Ts s y s s
d ms s ms m s.Fsy, kdy s ( s
pd s ss sdm), Gs d As sg s
sp s bg , d s d s mxmzg
mm gd. Sdy, Gss gm s sd
g qs s d d d s m
. Gs s gd s gms mp bs m d s g s d pysy smbd m. Ws d d bg
d mm d s d d my s, dms m s d, g y, d d g s (3024).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.
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y pdd m dy ssssm ps sd
d by As. Tdy, Gs s s my
mercenarius s g js, mm xg b ps, s, y, s s psd by m s bg ps-
y s (3, 5051, 17071, 176, 19394, 24445, 26263, 27172, 27377,
28485, 36770, 382, 399400).
H, ypd gss Gss ss
Assm s d m m g z
sp b ms d s. As s, Gs gd
sd, s msm y, s ms g:
g pm sbd by y s d
s, d g by gs s d d-g s b gd d. H, s Gs pd
, s s d m , y
my, s, gym dspm y, , s
s g p, gs dg s , b k
g ds s s p s b
m. Spsgy, Gs gd , k p xsd by
p d, dmm xsd by ms s
ss s d s gd d p d gd dp. I , ms bms m k y s
s sg p gs mm gd
(21314, 333). I bdy sg g p
d dsp p ms s s, Gs
As, d gd s ms
d s b xpd d b ps, p,
pps s smms s.
H, ms Gs md b dsp mss p s ss dds y sd s-
b s p sp, b s s g k
qs p gdd s bg ssy d b
m sy. As sd, m mmy b s s
dd b b sm d sm p s -
d d sm s d sy d sm sg d bd (175).
Ts, k Ags, Gs, g -y ks,
. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.6.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.2.3; d Kg, d., Wimbledons
Sermon, 81 (s 31517).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.57.
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s ppd p dm sm pp s (
dsp y) d xsd b F, bg, As
ms, xpss m d ms mg bs mds. A F mys s s by ms s
ys dg dm xsd by sm m s
b sd s ps p ssy Ags d
d libido dominandi, b, ss, sps s sk
s sbj m d y. As s, g Gs
md ms s s xsd ms-
s dd b, sd s sp
b p d d, s s gm s, -
ss, sm sg s kyd d s s spd s sbd ps (27375).
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I De regimine principum Gs Rm ppd p
y d pd js by qy
s xs: m d, g p sp,
s d, d sd, d dd s d m bjs. Y, k ms psp bss, p
d s dd pms m -
ss ssy d . R, Gss As ps-
py d p y pdd by y d
(d dy) ps d b gmd. Ts