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The potestas of practice

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Can the existence of a social practice justify practical authority? A medi-eval debate between hierocrats and caesaropapists may help to illuminate this ques-tion. Focusing mainly on Marsilius of Padua, with reference to John of Paris, this article suggests that caesaropapists can be read as developing a 'practice conception' of the structure and scope of ecclesiastical authority. Because it brings the conflict over authority to a new battleground, the practice conception supplies caesaropapi...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Imprint Academic Publisher's website
Journal:
History of Political Thought Journal website
Volume:
42
Issue:
2
Pages:
240-251
Publication date:
2021-01-01
Acceptance date:
2020-08-19
ISSN:
0143-781X
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1184351
Local pid:
pubs:1184351
Deposit date:
2021-09-17

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