{"product_id":"history-of-political-ideas-volume-eric-voegelin-9780826211545","title":"History of Political Ideas, Volume 3 (Cw21): The Later Middle Ages Volume 21","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Later Middle Ages, \u003c\/i\u003e the third volume of his monumental \u003ci\u003eHistory of Political Ideas, \u003c\/i\u003e Eric Voegelin continues his exploration of one of the most crucial periods in the history of political thought. Illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages, Voegelin traces the historical momentum of our modern world in the core evocative symbols that constituted medieval civilization. These symbols revolved around the enduring aspiration for the \u003ci\u003esacrum imperium, \u003c\/i\u003e the one order capable of embracing the transcendent and immanent, the ecclesiastical and political, the divine and human. The story of the later Middle Ages is that of the \"civilizational schism\"--the movement in which not only the reality but the aspiration for the \u003ci\u003esacrum imperium\u003c\/i\u003e gradually disappeared and the unification of faith and reason dissolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis recognition of this civilizational schism provides Voegelin with a unique perspective on medieval society. William of Ockham, Dante, Giles of Rome, and Marsilius of Padua all emerge in Voegelin's study as predecessors to modern thought; each turns to personal authority and intellectual analysis in an attempt to comprehend the loss of the \u003ci\u003esacrum imperium\u003c\/i\u003e as an authoritative ideal. Voegelin is further drawn into investigations that, despite insufficient attention by scholars, still bear relevance to the study of the later Middle Ages. The mysticism apparent in \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e and the apocalyptic revolt of Cola di Rienzo are merely two reactions to the disintegration of wholeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the story of the later Middle Ages does not merely revolve around disintegration. Voegelin recognizes the emergence of the constitutional political tradition as the most positive development of this period. He is at his best when explaining the difference between the presence of a representative institution and the growth of communal consciousness. Voegelin's study of the English political pattern is matched only by his unique perspective on the German imperial zone, culminating in a fitting conclusion on Nicholas of Cusa--the one political thinker with the ability to evoke the unity of mankind beyond fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Later Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a brilliant examination of the symbols that characterized medieval society and a remarkable predecessor to Voegelin's study of the modern world, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Voegelin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826211542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826211545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.33w x 1.09d","brand":"Eric Voegelin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072831746303,"sku":"9780826211545","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8266129-f088-49e5-a6a2-a5ac09bfdb97.jpg?v=1685444188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-political-ideas-volume-eric-voegelin-9780826211545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}