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THE POPULUS IN JOHN OF PARIS' THEORY OF MONARCHY by THOMAS J. RENNA (University Center, Michigan) John of Paris is a constant source of embarrassment to his modem critics. For while he is hailed as the most able defender of Philip the Fair in the latter's confrontation with Boniface VIII, John of Paris is also lauded for his futuristic notion of a popularly based state. The Dominican theologian in his De potestate regia et papali (late 1302 or early 1303) is said to be the first medieval thinker to advance systematically the idea of popular sovereignty for the temporal power. John takes exception, according to the accepted view, with the ultranationalistic and decidedly royalist thrust of Nogaret, the "Iegists", and the authors of the Antequam essent c1erici, Disputatio inter c1ericum et militem*, and Rex pacificus. The unique John of Paris supposedly arrived at a democratic interpretation of monarchy as a result of his quest for objective truth. He was the only publicist who tried to establish an impartial and just relationship between the temporal and spiritual powers. His "modernist", non-partisan solution required constitutional procedures within both powers, as well as a "balanced" reciprocity between the two. F. V.
The Legal History Review / Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit – Brill
Published: Apr 19, 2014
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