{"product_id":"the-kings-two-bodies-a-study-in-medieval-political-theology-9780691169231","title":"The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, The king is dead. Long live the king. In \u003ci\u003eThe King's Two Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the King's two bodies--the body natural and the body politic--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a political theology.? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe king's natural body has physical attributes, suffers, and dies, naturally, as do all humans; but the king's other body, the spiritual body, transcends the earthly and serves as a symbol of his office as majesty with the divine right to rule. The notion of the two bodies allowed for the continuity of monarchy even when the monarch died, as summed up in the formulation The king is dead. Long live the king. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bringing together liturgical works, images, and polemical material, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Two Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e explores the long Christian past behind this political theology. It provides a subtle history of how commonwealths developed symbolic means for establishing their sovereignty and, with such means, began to establish early forms of the nation-state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kantorowicz fled Nazi Germany in 1938, after refusing to sign a Nazi loyalty oath, and settled in the United States. While teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, he once again refused to sign an oath of allegiance, this one designed to identify Communist Party sympathizers. He was dismissed as a result of the controversy and moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he remained for the rest of his life, and where he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe King's Two Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new introduction, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Two Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle history of how commonwealths developed symbolic means for establishing their sovereignty and, with such means, began to establish early forms of the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8559471\"\u003eErnst Kantorowicz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691169231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691169233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL010000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Theory | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL084000\"\u003eReligion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037010\"\u003eEurope | Medieval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnst H. Kantorowicz\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1963) taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. \u003cb\u003eConrad Leyser\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of medieval history at Worcester College, University of Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Chester Jordan \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom England to France: Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42686443553005,"sku":"9780691169231","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2edafe26-3f56-423a-8fa1-ac7ce0573646.jpg?v=1649776641","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-kings-two-bodies-a-study-in-medieval-political-theology-9780691169231","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}