A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WEST. VOL. I. A HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY FROM THE ROMAN LAWYERS OF THE SECOND CENTURY TO THE POLITICAL WRITERS OF THE NINTH

A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WEST.
VOL. I.
A HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY FROM THE ROMAN LAWYERS OF THE SECOND CENTURY TO THE POLITICAL WRITERS OF THE NINTH
BY
A. J. CARLYLE

CONTENTS
PART I
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. THE POLITICAL THEORY OF CICERO.
CHAPTER II. THE POLITICAL THEORY OF SENECA.
PART II.
THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE ROMAN LAWYERS.
CHAPTER III. THE THEORY OF THE LAW OF NATURE.
CHAPTER IV. SLAVERY AND PROPERTY.
CHAPTER V. THE THEORY OF THE CIVIL LAW.
CHAPTER VI. THE SOURCE OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER VII. THE POLITICAL THEORY OF JUSTINIAN’S INSTITUTES.
PART III
THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE FATHERS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
CHAPTER IX. NATURAL LAW.
CHAPTER X. NATURAL EQUALITY AND SLA VERT.
CHAPTER XI. NATURAL EQUALITY AND GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER XII. THE THEORY OF PROPERTY.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SACRED AUTHORITY OP THE RULER.
CHAPTER XIV. AUTHORITY AND JUSTICE.
CHAPTER XV. THE THEORY OF THE RELATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
PART IV.
THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE NINTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER XVI. NATURAL EQUALITY AND SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XVII. THE DIVINE AUTHORITY OF THE KING.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE THEORY OF THE KING AND JUSTICE.
CHAPTER XIX. THE KING AND THE LAW.
CHAPTER XX. THE THEORY OF THE SOURCE AND CONDITIONS OF AUTHORITY IN THE STATE.
CHAPTER XXI. THE RELATION OF THE AUTHORITIES OF CHURCH AND STATE.

In bringing out the first volume of a History of Mediaeval Political Theory, it may be well to indicate briefly the character of the work which we hope to carry out. In this volume we deal with the elements out of which the more developed theory of the Middle Ages arose; we hope to carry on the work to the political theorists of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries—that is, to the time when, as it is thought, the specific characteristics of modern political theory began to take shape.
The subject with which we are endeavouring to deal is strictly a history of theory, not of institutions. We believe, indeed, that in the Middle Ages, as at other times, the two things are closely related to each other,—that theory never moves very far away from the actual conditions of public life; but yet the two things are distinct, if not separate. The principles which lie behind the development of political institutions are sometimes the subject of careful reflection, sometimes are hardly apprehended; but in either case they are to be distinguished from any particular concrete forms in which they may be embodied. We have, indeed, been compelled frequently to examine the institutions of the Middle Ages, but we have done this only in order to draw out more clearly the character of the theories which were actually current among those who reflected on the nature of political life.
We are very conscious of the fact that in the attempt to deal with a subject which extends over so many centuries it is probable that we have made many mistakes, and have been guilty of many omissions. We can scarcely hope that we have succeeded in discovering or understanding every important reference to political theory, and we shall be very grateful to any one who may enable us to supplement or correct our judgment upon any aspect of the subject.
A. J. CARLYLE.