Introduction : Ciceronian ideas in early European social and political thought -- Prelude to the early European Cicero(s) -- Words and deeds : some twelfth-century Ciceros -- John of Salisbury : self-proclaimed Ciceronian -- Cicero in the universities -- Ciceronian impulses in Marsiglio of Padua -- Cicero speaks French -- Ciceronian imperialism -- Cicero against empire : Bartolome de Las Casas
Summary
"Surveys the many different impacts of Ciceronian theories on a diverse array of texts and authors between 1100 and 1550, presenting a counternarrative to the widely accepted belief in the dominance of Aristotelianism in early European political and social thought"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and indexes
