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    Aristotle for Aristocrats and Poets: Giles of Rome's De regimine

    principum as Theodicy of Privilege

    Stephen H. Rigby

    The Chaucer Review, Volume 46, Number 3, 2012, pp. 259-313 (Article)

    Published by Penn State University Press

    DOI: 10.1353/cr.2011.0033

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    mb d s: pg mpsd y d

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 391; d K D. Ly, Cityand Cosmos: Te Medieval World in Urban Form (Ld, 2009), 34.

    . P, imaeus, s. L, 7273 (53); As, Te Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,1.9.5, 2.2.6, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.9; As, De Anima, d. Ls-d, 3.9; Ags, City o God,s. Bs, 11.22, 22.19, 22.24; d S Dy, Chaucers House o Fame: Te Poetics oSkeptical Fideism (Cg, 1972), 72.

    . Te Republic o Plato, s. Fs M. Cd (Ld, 1941), 5.46162 (d bybk d s); d As, Te Politics and the Constitution o Athens, d. Sp Es

    (Cmbdg, U.K., 1996), 2.2, 2.5 (d by bk d s). Gs s m PsRepublic sd.

    . H, d b, s ss x b gd th. F Agsd Aqs, s A O. Ljy, Te Great Chain o Being: A Study o the History o an Idea (N Yk, 1960), 67, 7677.

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    b pg s p (11, 59, 193, 234, 285, 295, 297301, 411).

    Ts, s ywas d Gs, bsd Gd

    s gs, y d s smpmy b , s Agss -Psm, k m

    g dpd mpy d ps, ms

    py (11, 5859, 211, 234, 295301, 327). H, s my

    s md g, s Ass ks

    d s dd s m pd s ks

    s Gs dy , b qppd m

    mds xpssg (d s ddg)

    y m ds.

    H, Gs s py d d s bg sp -my, s gdd s dsy s sg pssb

    g d bs p d. F

    Gs, d mj ss g by d s dgs

    dsy d b ddd s bs dy -

    dg s dpd b ms md p y . As

    gd, md s, s s ss, s, m-

    d b d s . Js s Gd s sy dd

    gs d sd b d s d, s, , md s b d m b d (193, 278, 280, 327). H, Gd

    s dd gs C sd b kd y

    dg ps, p, d x, gs

    ss p d pssssd ps ys sg d bg sb-

    dd g d m p, s ss d ps

    gs, s s bdy ms d Es m (28, 211,

    216, 226, 280, 352). Idd, s s y Gss k ,

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5; d Lmb, Psps d s s,28889.

    . Edd G, Planets, Stars and Orbs: Te Medieval Cosmos, 12001687 (Cmbdg,U.K., 1994), 14849; As, O Us, Te Complete Works o Aristotle, d. Bs,1:392-b, 1:396-b, 1:397, 1:399-b; Ags, City o God, s. Bs, 5.11, 12.45, 12.23, 12.28,19.1113, 22.18, 22.24.

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 305; Ags, City o God,s. Bs, 22.30; d Emy S, Ps Pm, Dsy d Md PAs, Representations 91 (2005): 125, 912.

    . I De ecclesiastica potestate, Gs s Teodosian Code s g syg s md, s s (Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Govern-

    ment, d. Dys, 279), g s pp s m sp Gss psmmps (C. P, d., Te Teodosian Code [P, 1952], 9:45:4.3).

    . Lmb, Psps d s s, 290; Lmb, p-, 109; Lmb, I sm D ps dm pp, 95; d Lmb, A pps,34546.

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    dsp dsd md Css, dg Cs Ps

    (X 217), s s zg , dd y

    ps mg kd dms, g y ks, d mg gs.

    I s psp, m bjs k ss, s s

    d , s s g b dd sm

    ps pssss g ss, s, , ps sd

    b dd d ms ss ss. Smy, ms,

    y g d ss ss b s pssss ps

    s, jy s ps d ms b d

    s (3536, 260, 263, 274, 36971, 387). As ms

    Gds s, s pssss pd, s, d y,ms dsp s, m d,

    k by s by s d ss

    m, b s b m. As s, ms g

    g gs bss y sbm s (5051, 16263,

    234, 25960, 263, 274, 387), d d sppss sg

    myd ms Gs g Pss R

    1381 s Vox Clamantis.

    F Gs, s dg y zd s sms s b s s y dd bj md p

    mb d ms ps. I s ss, y s bj s, s

    m, msm msm s, d md-

    smgpy. Adgy, y p g s mpsd

    my mps, , s sms s , d d b m

    b d y m s m mys d s

    bd . E bjs k ss s ms m

    , k s bdy, s d ds g m-p ps, s mm, d pps m ds

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 22931, 23539, 243. F dsd , s Jb 10:22, d Kg, d., Wimbledons Sermon, 66 (s 9497).

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7. F g, ss, d ss,s As, De Anima, d. Ls-d, 2.3; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,1.8.920; d Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646; p. Fk, 1966), 29, 16062.

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.7; d J G, Vox Clamantis, Te CompleteWorks o John Gower, d. Gg C. My, 4 s. (Oxd, 18991902), 4:3313.

    . F s d, s Gg P. Cg, Teories o Macrocosms and Microcosms in the His-tory o Philosophy (N Yk, 1922), sp. ps. 12; Ld Bk, Natures Work o Art: Te

    Human Body as Image o the World(N H, 1975), p. 1; Lmb, Psps dg s s, 297; A J. G, Categories o Medieval Culture (Ld, 1985), 5761;d Ly, City and Cosmos, 711. F s pmy ss, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chiv-alry, 23839.

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    g p d (175, 273, 327). Ts, js s s ssy

    md p my s b m ms d y

    s ms by my s dmd,s mxd m bds y m s msy,

    ms y y m dds, ds

    E. Smy, sms, Primum Mobile s

    mgs s s (27374, 327). S ds b

    C dy g, b m-

    psps d gs m As d Ags

    Psd-Dyss Apg (s ks d dy s

    Ep m y), Tms Aqs, d Jms Vb,

    J Gs.Iby, Gs ddd s ms ssy y

    pp mps m bdy, pdd md-

    psps sk xmp , y gsm mpsd

    mb d mmbs, s ys mmb s

    s. I s bdy, s m s myg spg

    mygs bdy d s s

    s bdy (5859, 212, 327, 42021). Ay, d d b s

    s d m x ps bdy. Adgy,s mmbs sd b sbj d bd d d

    sd b g s mss s m ms

    s dss s pmy y mss d b sd

    d dd (32, 309, 389, 41112). I s, dm p

    b d dg gsm mpd

    md sm.

    Gs xpssd s dsdg sp b

    mmbs bdy ms As ps mmd dsb js. As Aqs xps s Summa theologiae, m-

    m js ds g-d-k ss k byg d sg,

    quid pro quo qb xg s b gs

    g gs d, s, m ppy. F Aqs,

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 19, 2537, 57, 59, 191, 217, 23343,25961, 27981, 287, 307, 391.

    . Rb Es, Order and Reason in Politics: Teories o Absolute and LimitedMonarchy in Early Modern England(Oxd, 1978), 1113, 32, 4748, 58; J-M M, L R

    d Eq: App d my y d my g, Revue DHistoire et de PhilosophieReligeuses 58 (1978): 14561, 154; O Gk, Political Teory o the Middle Ages (Cmbdg, U.K.,1900), 1011, 28, 30. F s pmy ss, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 24243.

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.2.1213.

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    s s s b p d p, b mmbs

    g . By s, dsb js ds sp

    b d s ps s s d dsb mmys gds s mmbs pp ss

    s dd mmbs. H, s d by y dd p

    s bsd gm ppy, s, qy

    s qy mm js. F Gs, s s p-

    mmbs m bdy, s s y , d

    d pm s m xg ss, y xs

    sp mm js. H, d s

    bdy s qs s ps d ms dsb js, s

    , s pm s , s s bdy, ggsp yg d myg s mmbs dg

    dg, s y bg s gs (5759, 193,

    25455, 301, 411).

    F Gs, y s bss d

    d, dg m pysgy, pdd md g m-

    y. H, dpd d p m s bg

    msm msm s ss y dd

    mpss m sps y. E ddps s ss d ms: k ss, xss; k ps,

    gs; k ms, s pp sss; k gs (g

    ss x), psssss p s dsgss m

    m ms. Adgy, js s Gd s msm

    d, s s sd msm dd,

    s gg bdys ss ms, s s s

    pps d psss d ss s (11, 3536, 138,

    190, 36971).

    I ms ssy md p b bds d ss, g d s b d y s,

    s b, m p, d m b m, s dsp d

    mys d bdy s s bd s (16, 219, 274, 388). Hm

    s m b g gs d

    bss. Adgy, sss xs

    . Tms Aqs, Summa Teologiae: A Concise ranslation, d. my MDm(Ld, 1989), 54, 38788; d Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d.

    Lzg, 92976.. F d msm d msm, s 44, b.. As, De Anima, d. L-d, 2.3; Ags, City o God, s. Bs,

    1.20, 11.29, 22.24, 14.15, 19.15, 22.24; d Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646), 389.

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    s, s gs, s s s ss

    d, psss, d sss , bs

    s s (1213, 32, 73, 9192, 97, 131, 163, 347, 378).

    I s ss,s Gs sys De ecclesiastica potestate, s s b s p

    ms: s m bdy (.., s)

    dsbdy bs gs s ( d), m s ppd

    s s s sp d p, d ss sd d s

    s bms s s.

    III

    Gss s g d zs C s y bss s dd my b s

    pdd m ms dd xs q-

    y s d p . I, s Psd-Dyss d s,

    gs kd y, d , s Gs sd

    De Ecclesiastica Potestate, pps d ps xs mg

    m, C s sy, ms b

    m y kd. H, s Gs s b d bb, ps,

    d psp y s b by d dsby y, k ms dg ks s gdd s k

    s bg s-dy . As sd, xmps dd jsy

    s gms s y s g s

    s gs. I De ecclesiastica potestate Gs s my d

    jsy spmy y C

    p mp s. I s De regimine principum pds

    dd d js s , p,

    d ss s sy.As s, Gss smgy psd dsy s sp

    my C s . H, Gs s my (

    ss) s bg py sb y bs s m

    mmy s y dpd pdd, s y dd by

    . Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., 4.p.3.4269; d Aqs,Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 129699.

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 41, 93, 1057, 323, 357. S sEgds Rms, ractatus de peccato originali (Oxd, 1479), s. 34, 14; Egds Rms,

    In Quosdam Aristotelis Metaphysicorum Locos Questiones (V, 1499), Bk 1, Qs 1; dAgs, City o God, s. Bs, 12.1, 13.3, 13.13, 13.20, 14.1112, 14.15, 15.22, 19.27.

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 19, 2527, 51, 57, 169, 191, 217,23343, 27981.

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    dsy s mmbs d s y pm: ks dsy,

    s . Ts, js s ds y s, pg

    qs mb d s, d bdy s ssy mpsd mb ds mbs, s y ms b md p ds pss

    s s y d ppss s d. I

    p, g m ds, s s sg, g, d, d

    dk, ms ys mmbs q spdg g s d

    ds s. As sds, g y s, g

    dg spz b sks pmd by s mmbs

    (8, 58, 234, 274, 290, 29495, 297301, 383).

    Gss k s As d m

    s s s mpb bs, s, s s m. Idd, ps-sssg s d sg gg, ms m mpb

    bss. N s s g my ds

    s, s s k d b d d d gs, d-

    g ms, b d dd m ms s

    s (13, 59, 98, 16163, 170, 173, 226, 28889, 363, 371). H, m

    s d s , s m my d d

    s m d my, y , by mm js

    xg, p s py d k s md. As sss b pdd by sg sd

    my ys b b y, pp m sp sds

    m d gs m g xg gds d ss, s

    by b, d , m y, by sg my. A d m s b-

    sd sg y pdg sss d s s

    dgs ms p d x sy (5859, 16163,

    169, 26567, 29495, 384). H, ms s

    y d, dk, g, d p dd pys s,b s d d gm m d

    sy. Ws ms s s y xpss ps d ds-

    ps, ms s sp d gd d d , y p s

    ms p s mmy y (28995, 31011, 38384).

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 4.15.. Lmb, A pps, 355; d Sg Lsg, D mm pp : s

    s d Gs d Rm d N Osm d Pq 1, 2 dAs, P J. J. M. Bkk,d., Chemins de la pense mdivale: Etudes oertes Znon Kaluza (, 2002), 65374,

    66263, 669.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.2, 3.9; Ags, City o God, s. Bs, 12.28;

    Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 27576, 290; d Lsg,D mm pp , 66069.

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    F Gs, , xgg gds, s s d (kyd

    ss), my ( ss) s d

    my. Rs sd g gs, mss, d ps s sbjs sy pdd sss .

    Bs d s s d s, s s ssy

    g yp my . Ag As d s pg

    by xgg my my s my dbs, Gs dd s

    mg b d, s ms, s sd b m

    s m. Smy, s g g m d, m

    sg s b, m mg b gm ms m, s

    ss m mg b b dgy p (17, 119, 132, 13638,

    185, 21112, 220, 26769, 27273, 33233, 358, 384, 385). I s ss, Gspsd my s bg sy sp, s mg b s

    sm gps d b pbd s. Ts, s mg d

    p pmd s s

    d, y pbd s s ps g

    p mp qd by (1213, 163, 178, 224,

    260, 292). By s, Gs, sy (ks) s ys g d s

    sd b pbd m. Ws g s s py

    gm, s d g s g qsgs sbs, g my s m bby s, k -

    g ss, dg my sd ssy s g s

    sbs, b s dd s sy (75, 26771).

    H, s Gs s dsy, d, d mpm-

    y s m sy, s, s s smgy, gd

    g dg s ms md p qd

    y sd b kd y. Idd, s Gs qd my

    q (equalia), dsy bm syyms q-y, s s-d d d sy bm,

    s, js d y. As Gs sd, bs

    y s md p p d s zs d qs y f s

    d mss ss d m, ssy s dsy by

    sm ds d smm sgs (299300). Iby, dd s

    . Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Government, d. Dys, 79, 81; 119, 321; Sp H.Rgby, T W B, Cs d Pz, d Md Cs Wm, Chaucer Review35 (2000): 13365, 143; Ms, I Spk Fk S Es, 3537; d Lsg, D m-

    m pp , 66061.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.10. O sy, s D Wd, Medieval Economic

    Tought(Cmbdg, U.K., 2002), spy ps. 78.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.8.

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    k, Gs sd m gy m bdy, s

    bg p-m symb ms sy s d

    md g.

    Ts, js s mmbs bdy y sp mm js b s dsb js, by

    ds mb g sp, s p m-

    my qs dsb js by , p, d ss

    gd mmbs mmy dg dg

    (59). Csqy, Gs smms kd qy ( ss

    dspp) js d p, s qy b

    ms ss bdy skss d, s ss

    y dd d m s y sy qd

    s qy b s mmbs. Fg As d C, d dd js s ssgs y s d, Gs

    gd s js s qd pp qy, s,

    qy, m dss dg q

    dignitas. T mm gds sy, s s , ss, d ,

    sd s b dsbd dg ss ps s

    m (28, 5560, 187, 375, 388).

    IV

    As Mx Wb sd, s jy , ss, d p sy

    sy jsy s spy ms sp ss-gd

    pps sm sp d s qy s p-

    gd. T ss-gd Gs Rm sg gm

    dsb js s d p gms s

    dy s As m s jy p sy,

    kygs d ps d g ds, ds s y s s d m p. I s b sm ms

    . My Jms, R, Dm d S Bdy L Md Egs ,Past and Present98 (1983): 329, 6; d Ly, City and Cosmos, 160. F s s m-p, s s Sp H. Rgby, English Society in the Later Middle Ages: Class, Status and Gender(Bsgsk, 1995), 308; d Sp H. Rgby, Egd: L d Sy, Sp H.Rgby, d.,A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages (Oxd, 2003), 497520, 5034.

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.5.1718; Ags, City o God, s.Bs, 19.21; C, On Duties, d. Mm . Gf d E. Mg Aks (Cmbdg,U.K., 1991), 7; d Aqs, Summa Teologiae, d. MDm, 54, 387.

    . Mx Wb, T S Psygy Wd Rgs, Hs H. G dCs Wg Ms, ds., From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology(Ld, 1948), 267301, 276.

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.13, 7.14; d Gs Rm, On Ecclesiastical Govern-ment, d. Dys, 169.

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    sy d s ms b sbj m, s ms sb d

    b s kk s s d ys

    d s gd by s s, gd, dy, y, dyg. F Gs, s As, m

    ss s s d xpd, s

    sp, qy , s ys (3, 5051, 169, 173, 175,

    212, 263, 273, 275). Gs ppd s pp mb d s

    sps, dg s b d sbj, ms d s,

    sbd d , d d d.

    F Gs, m s y s m b s y bs d

    pk, s y d p mms. I

    s d s pp dsb- js s bg py d m ps d

    sp b d sbj (161, 16970, 28996 383). Gs

    jsd p dsp sm pp s ms

    ss-gd s pssss gd , dsdyg d

    pd, d s by mss, sd s

    s, s s g mss sd b sbj

    d m bs. F Gs, y gs

    psps b ms g d g -md by d s gm. I g

    pd ms ms y dsp bss, m

    m, d d, d mss ss, s,

    b kyd d, kg ds g pd d s s

    s ss dsdg. W p Ay F s

    N Ssm gm (N Ssm d b s

    ; B I k Ssm bs s ; W js gs

    s s Ssm s p), Gs s b g yshould kg sdm sp

    m b y ds s s s d b

    kg s p b s s . A

    ks pd d s d by s psss s s kyd

    , y kyg, kg dd, b s my y y

    b p, bg kg y by m d smpy sg kyg

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.

    . Agds Rms, Quodlibeta (1646), 34.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.13.. Ay F, Tinking about Tinking (or Do I Sincerely Want o Be Right?) (Ld,

    1975), 4750.

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    (3, 1011, 4951, 61, 152, 154, 274, 329, 335, 338, 34042, 345, 34749, 372, 374,

    377, 385, 387).

    I dsp d gm g d s m-y bs y s m pd,

    s bs p m gm? I sg s qs, Gs

    d As dsgsg m kds py dg

    xss p: m, pp, my pp. I ,

    s kds gm k s p

    m dpdg s g mm gd,

    sd ys m b sg p ( g s sd

    s ssy b dspsd), bgg sbjs p, pspy,

    d (s my, sy, policia), y myps s-s (s yy, gy, dmy) (34,

    15, 20, 55, 11819, 288, 304, 309, 32526, 328, 33345, 37273).

    Gs gdd b sy d policia (s s I

    y-ss pp s s, f s, d jdgs d

    mk s) s bg py gm ms py. Nss,

    gd bs yp gm s my, gds

    sg ps sg gm d p: s b-

    py b d by by my. F Gs,xp sd kg s, s s ps d p

    s ms gm d p d ms. I m

    g ms, js s ss s md s d d

    d by s , s d p y m-

    y s bs d ms ms gm (32628, 373).

    I s ss, , s d m, kss Gd s

    d d p d s p d kyg kygs (30, 81,

    83, 336).

    I sm y s ss bdy b d by s d my b bd s g, s s ss

    mmy b d by s kg, dg bd, sp, d

    m (38889, 41112). I g, , dsp xpy ps-

    g policia s s m py, Gs s ssps my

    pp d d sss y

    s: m pp ggd smg, ss s

    . O pd Gs, s Lmb, p, pssm.

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 3.7, 4.211; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,8.10.2; Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 167278, 169798; dEgds Rms, ractatus de peccato originali, . 4.

    . Lmb, Psps d s s, 3089.. F s s d, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 199201.

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    sdm d (16, 281). Ws Gs ms pd dgs,

    f s, d p d s p dds

    g pm gs p f , s ppy sg y f gg my gs m p-

    s ms gm (308).

    I d jsy s b my s bs m g-

    m, Gs kd y As (32829). I , s

    As d s my p m s d m

    s y, d s gd , y, s gd mg

    m s sdm b d. H dd , p,

    bs m py my b mxd s mbs

    s, s ms s, d ms gm.Ts s y s k s dsd by my md p-

    ss, m Aqs y Fs -

    . By s, s Gs gzd p (.., pk

    yy ), s sbj md by zs, s

    gm m gm, ms d y (..,

    g ), kg ks s m s b s mks

    s dg s . Gs s s y s bg ms

    g d m , qg Gd s d spmy s dd m

    (19091, 213).

    F Gs, dsp s kd pssss sp

    d pd. I p, kgs, s dss y

    sy, sd b s d m pd m. I my

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5, 5.8.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.10.2; As, Politics, d. Es,

    2.6, 4.811; Rd G. Mg, Aristotles Political Teory: An Introduction or Students o Politi-cal Teory (Oxd, 1977), 6869, 71, 7677, 82, 100115; Csp Sds, Aristotle (Ld,2007), 36768; J Dbb, As Ss, By Smy, d., rends in MedievalPolitical Tought(Oxd, 1965), 6585, 6769; Bggs, Giles o Romes De regimine principum, 13;d Jms M. By, Ideal Government and the Mixed Constitution in the Middle Ages (P,1992), 1624.

    . Aqs, Summa Teologiae, d. MDm, 290; J Ps, On Royal and PapalPower, d. J A. W (, 1971), 2068; Jms M. By, d., On the Government o Rulers:De regimine principum. Ptolemy o Lucca with Portions Attributed to Tomas Aquinas (Pdp,1997), 4:1.2; 4:1920; Osm, LeLivre de Politiques, d. M, 15253, 167, 24041, 279; S JFs, I Ps Ls Egd (ss 9, 13, 35) d T G Egd, Sy Lkd, d., On the Laws and Government o England(Cmbdg, U.K., 1997), 1718,

    13; . Osb, Dmm Rg Pm: S J Fss Rsps Pbm yy s Psd by Tms Aqs d Pmy L, Medieval Studies 62 (2000):16187; d By, Ideal Government, pssm.

    . By, Ideal Government, 6770; d Lmb, Psps d s s,32425.

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    sm , s Gs ms dd, d b ms g

    bs d ss m s kg g y sss -

    y (4951, 55, 6062, 32930). H, Gs gd , p, ms s g, dy kgsp s y

    bs m gm. Ag m dgs d sm dg

    y d p, m gm s m ms ky

    s mm gd d p s d yy. A d-

    y s pss s m s s m ky kp

    s m gd d d m; s ky b

    ms s b y sd p; d s m ky b

    byd by s sbjs ds m m g-sbsd

    g. Fm, s s d ds ss bs d s, g, yg sd b bd d, s pb

    sss sd b pmg (Gss x s s

    ddssd ds sg s Pp III F) (3, 212, 32932).

    Rssgy y s m s g, Gs s b

    ms y As, xmp , d pp

    p xp s dy my s bs d ms

    m gm.

    H, Gs s d sg kgsp, y dd sk xs yy dspsm pd js y

    d ppss p s p. Rs shouldb d by

    sbjs, s, by bg s ps s,

    ds d my, dsb p m. Nss,

    g , sy p s bs sbsd mks

    ms d by s sbjs s , s ds m, d

    s ps mm gd: p pgmsm d dd

    p d d (39092). Ps sd s s s (py s d

    ds s bs g) mkg ,

    kgdms d mds ps . Ty sd s

    sbjs ss ysmg d by y (53, 12526,

    324, 329, 338, 341, 350, 35160, 376, 413). Rs s dy b b

    d s ds sbjs d d s s

    p s p. T gd sd s s kgs

    y dd gs x ms b s p syg

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 7.14; d Lmb, Psps d s s,302, 31618.

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    b pss, s s ps, by p d mm p

    m s dsbd. H s d s s y d s, s

    s, s p s p (20, 7576, 317, 33243, 39091,396, 439). Ts, s De regimine principum s b s s

    ds mmd m p, sd b sssd Gss

    s s d g gs y yy. As s, p-

    mps Gss p gs s d s

    k s p mb d ps. I s spsg,

    , d ps De regimine principum d

    y by Sm By, s smms b s s sp

    Rd IIs bssm, b s pssssd by s ppsd

    kg, s s Tms, dk Gs. Smy, S Tms Bky s p J s, s Gss x Mdd

    Egs, s y Gs d spp Bgbk, d s

    y d dps Rd II 1399.

    V

    F Gs, y s s , b, d dsb sy

    s s s sp ps d gm. Adgy, sg pd ds p ppy d d apologia

    mpy qs , p, d ss, b

    s ds d sss ms d sds. I

    , Gs gd pssss sss s -

    my, s b s by ms b g

    dsp d pssss ms d sss

    (163, 25960). Nss, s g pssss s p ,

    . Pks, Hoccleves Regiment o Princes, 90.. Rd H. Js, Te Royal Policy o Richard II: Absolutism in the Later Middle Ages

    (Oxd, 1968), 144, 15458, 16163, 173; Kd, Lordship and Literature, 54; Bggs, Giles o RomesDe regimine principum, 2, 6, 6062, 71, 94; Sms, Clerical Discourse, 6978; J Dbb,Cs d Vs, C, d., Te History o the University o Oxord, 1:565606, 587;Ng S, Richard II(N H, 1997), 44243; F, Te Lie and imes o John revisa, 11516;H, S Tms Bky, 88891; Uk Gssk, O P, Dsy b Hb:T Dps Rd II d Ms Ps, J. S. Hm, d., Fourteenth-CenturyEngland IV (2006): 15974, 16465; Ly Sy, Languages o Power in the Age o Richard II(Usy Pk, P., 2005), 29. F Bky, s Chronicles o the Revolution, 13971400, d. CsG-Ws (Ms, U.K., 1993), 169, 185; Cs G-Ws, d., Hy IV: T P-

    m 1399, x d s, Ims 9, 52, 7475, Te Parliament Rolls o Medieval England,d. Cs G-Ws, P Bd, Sym Pps, W. Mk Omd, Gy M, ACy, d Rsmy Hx, CD-ROM (Wdbdg, 2005); d Te Chronicle o Adam Usk,13771421, d. Cs G-Ws (Oxd, 1997), 66.

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    s Ss d P d gd, sy sd b d

    mm by zs, s s p d s b m,

    p ppy, pp pssss, s bs gm(260, 298, 3012, 3045, 31011). Gs pd , y, m

    p, mg b bs ppy d mm. Idd,

    ms, pps d d yg mm. H,

    p, g pd m pps d dss s

    d sd , s p ppy s pp, s As

    d gd, mxmz bs (261, 302, 3056).

    Gs d mb ss y p ppy s, p

    s, sp mm sp . Fsy, s-

    s p ppy, pp bsy psg gd,my pp s d, s py d b m p

    mm ppy b sbsd, s s d d

    dd . Sdy, mm sp gs

    dd d s b gd m , s d b s

    b bs m j . I bs, sd

    m b m m, d g s -

    mss, b m s m ky. Tdy,

    g pbms s sk s dgd my ssd s s, Gs pd s m zs

    d k m bys, m d d ss s, y d

    dd ppy (26162, 302, 3056). Bsds, gs

    b d mm, s d jym m d

    s b dd: d ss m ds ss .

    T s, m, d b m s , ss, bs

    m d d s ms s b s d s d b

    dsd mmsy g d m mm p.H, s s dd gd mmbs,

    m s mm gd dd q sbsm m-

    m ppy (3012). Idd, Gs ssms , d

    my, m sk b pp by g g d

    ( dpd) s m ds dy s

    y s s d. Rs sd s

    ms s sd b s d m p

    mmy (170, 174, 337).

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.15. P, Te Republic, s. Cd, 5.46364.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.6.

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    Gss dsss d s y y s

    Ass j mm ppy b s dpd gms

    Psp gs ks s s Ps, , s yg mmsm, d s dd qy

    mmy gds s d p d m d s

    mgs zs (31112). Ags s , Gs gd

    js s d xs bdy qs s ps d

    ms dsb js (b, s II), s y m

    d s dsb by ds m

    dg q ss d dg (5859).

    As sys zg Ss d Ps gms -

    zs dg s d d mmy mm (26061,29798), dsp y s d d

    bm (nobiles) dd y sm kpyg s s

    pm (agricole) d pss (persone viles), s d b s-

    sy s d d b mm. dsp ss

    m s qy ( pp) b m,

    s g, gd, , d kg, , ,

    d pm, s dd pp s s, s

    b m s b d, , pd sp s (303). Csqy, s y qs s mmbs

    pm y d s, s sm d d s

    dd , s p xg ss d qy

    ss b m. R, s s sks dds

    ms dd y m b d d sd jy

    g dg s p s. Adgy, y sd b

    g g s sys pd m dgy,

    mbs sd b s xss y mps y, bsd b pp s ss d x s

    s (306, 30910, 397).

    E qy s d b d, Gs gdd s

    ky, d s b dmd by sm pp

    my d d s ppy, d, s

    Ps d dmd, s d qy qy

    s m bg s sbs m d y.

    Eqy d b pdd y by sg p p d by mbg

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.7.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.10.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.14.

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    , , Gs, d by g s s s d

    y d p d bm pd d d g

    m s spg d b ggd sg mssdspsd d p m bg d. Fy, zs d qy

    py, s d m d d s dds by,

    s, sy, y d qy py, y d

    xy psg mp (31214).

    Adgy, s Gs pd s s s -

    g ppy, s Ls zs d

    s xp s mgy s

    dg qy s kp mgs m, dd s s spd

    gs zs sd s qy (314, 387).O y, g As, k gd s d

    ms d ssy b ddd ps: , p, d

    s b (385). Gs s s s mby b s

    gps, pg, s s, yg d y sd m

    s p. O m, d ppd bb y, s

    Tms Wmbd dd s ms sm 1389 kd S

    Ps g m sd dy bd sm g

    s d (1 C. 7:20). Isd, s s De regimineprincipum, Gs pd bss s gm y

    As, d gd s b y d

    d p m y s gy ss s s s

    sy s gs g jyd s pgs. S arrivistes

    py ky smb mps pd d gy:

    b m d ym b ms gs

    s md (156, 283, 33031). Rs sd

    k s m g dsp qky b sdpm m gdy d y s b sd (350).

    Y, Gs jd gms s s d

    d mm ppy d s qy, s gy g

    . As, On Rhetoric: A Teory o Civic Discourse, d. G. A. Kdy (N Yk, 1991),2.16.4 (d by bk, p, d s).

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.7.. As, Politics, d. Es, 4.3.. Kg, d., Wimbledons Sermon, 67 (s 99101). O y s mby

    md Egd, s Sp H. Rgby, Egs Sy L Mdd Ags: D-, Amb d C, P B, d.,A Companion to Medieval English Literature andCulture, c.1350c.1500 (Oxd, 2007), 2539, 2834.

    . As, On Rhetoric, d. Kdy, 2.16.4.

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    dsmss psps s g b y msk, b sd

    sg s ps by dg sm m

    m. Ts, P d Ss g mm sp ppy d s d d, Gs ss gd m

    sy sd b sd mm gd, s by

    bg sd s g by, d z

    sd s d s, d, d psssss s -

    s (7678, 306, 31011). Gss ds p ppy s , -

    , m s js mss, dds ps s.

    O s, my pp p s g s ms d

    mss, gd , d b dg p-

    sg gd. Ags s gd, s d ss:s bd gg s sd by s yk yg mmm s d

    s ms mk, ds d pd m dss s-

    m. Smy, m s, s sm qs s d mms,

    ds d mb m. Lks, skg

    dss , m sd b pd s g ss d ps-

    sss s d s, g s sf m s

    k s (status) (70, 76, 100, 25254, 26465, 272, 330).

    Adgy, s gg m dss mdy d dg y, Gs xpd , p, s m s y

    sd dss dg s. Ws d b gs

    m dss m b s (d g s

    sms mk mss sm m b y y ),

    d b gg, s, d pps m s pd m

    dss s s x: kgs (uxor militis) sd

    b b dssd symp sy (civis simplicis) d

    ps b s.

    E sbd sd s s s y d ms dg s s d ss,

    s dd by sms s y, s dg sp

    s ppss g d s sp s s

    sp sbd. Mkss d my s, b xss

    my, d, d ss, by ss

    b s, s d bs. Ts, s m sd

    dss mss mdy d mky, y sd s d s sm

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5, 2.6.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.3.12.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.1.31.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.7.15.

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    d . Ts, g ss bdy, d ps sbds

    d s d m (9495, 18889, 2035, 23536).

    Smy, s sd d dk msb, s smsd s dmd by ds ps d by s

    s gss. A ms s sd s b sd dg s

    ss d . Ps, s, sd bd mg ss

    mss s s x, s mg mks

    sbjs d sp gs m (36, 165, 231, 25657). Lks, -

    g ky db p Ass k, Gs gd

    s my s Cs , ps s d mg-

    my, s p g , d s sd d

    xss my s y m bsg (8594, 11722).F Gs, by qy mmy ppd

    y p d b s ss. Idd, s y

    m ky b gd bg dd s

    ps s m by y m gs. Rs sd -

    dg sbjs dspy mg,

    gy sd d p ms: y y sks p-

    s gd (335). I s s mp sd y s

    ppy s ppy dsbd sy dg mss, b s sp b sm d y dd (31415,

    389). I s gs sk s d s, b s sp

    (honor) s g ms s d g dds, pdd d

    m ( ) m s (8990, 9394).

    VI

    A ms, Gss dsss s qy ms xg ss b kgs d pm s ms d md

    s sy s bg md p y dd ss

    s k, g, d py. Ts, s Gs bjd Ss

    d Ps m ys gg m sd b sp m s

    zs gds zs d bg dd

    y, ss dsgsd s zs, d g

    . Lmb, I s, 26468; d L, T Md Ip As, 88.

    . As, On Rhetoric, d. Kdy, 2.16.18.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.1.18.. F s, s Rgby, English Society, 18293, 246, 3078; d Rgby, Egd: L-

    d Sy, 500502.

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    d dy b ms, m s ss mmbs sy d

    d d dd py p y . H s md -

    d ds b b ( g), s sk s pm m b b dd y, d s s s pm

    d sm kd ds (223, 244, 292, 30911, 317).

    I g, , De regimine principum

    ks As, py Politics, ms Gss ms

    by s y ms pp s dsss

    s sd. F Gs, m s m dmsm

    m s m pm, s sd s bss

    m sy, s ss p , m mp ms

    mmy, s s y m (16567). T sd s smpsd d sps mms. Fsy, s

    sp b sbd d , s sd; s-

    dy, b ms d s, ms ; d y

    b p d d, ps d mps (16466, 17276).

    As s dsss sp b d sbj, Gs ps-

    s s mms ms my b b

    gm s g sdm d s

    s ss , , , by d d s sp-s kdg y bg d gd d

    p (242).

    T ds b m k ss sds s

    dy pp. A , k bd d dkg ss

    Dds, bs d y mss ds p d,

    ms ms sd ds ss d s gs,

    s d b sm m pm s sks ms. Js

    s gs s bdy s sbj , s, my, ms s yg s sd. Nss, js s s

    smy gs ms sms sd s

    ms dy, d s sd d s by ms sm md p,

    s sd d sd g s sss psssss, s

    s bs d ds, s s sms pssss ss, s, s

    ss d mss. I , s ss d f s sd mss

    . Gs ds sm d psd-As Economics (Lmb,

    A pps, 317; d Lmb, T P, 1523).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.7; d Lmb, A pps, 35761.

    . Lmb, A pps, 320.. F Dds, s As, Politics, d. Es, 1.4.

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    b kd y, ps d ss g

    s, s g f s g b pmd y gy s

    y pd mss dkg d (59, 25455,27879, 28384). A m sd sd b msm C,

    s s s s p s Gd. Adgy, js

    s yg s yd b y C,

    s, sd, s pdd s sd y

    dms s ds dy d mg b sd s b gdd

    dg ss sp dg d s. Gs gzd

    ds s gms d y dg sms

    d y (sms m s d), b gdd

    s y s bg py gm pdd y p sgs my p (27980, 390).

    H, s mss p m ss ss, Gs

    dd dmym, yg dm, sy

    ms s ss s xsd my b ms m-

    s. R bg -sdd xp, s sp s -

    y spd b ps, s sd by (17071,

    176, 194). Lk Gd, s C s pd d sdm,

    ds sd p, sk, d s s sbj (211). As s, Gs ssmd ds d b m gd

    d dsdyg, b, g As, gd s

    s d dy d y gy kg pys sg. I s

    s s s d d sps s. As pys

    b mks s d, sg d sg s b pp

    sdy d sdm s m k. By s, m

    g bd sg gy ks d kyg d s

    yms. I ps s b sg d s ym s pds d s. Lk bd m ds b d by sm s

    sgd, s ds ms s s: s m sd

    b ds d s m bdy. Fg As, Gs qs

    msy s s xsd by zd pps

    bbs d, kk s s, d m-

    ss. E g, g, m d g g gs

    m xp p g, y b gd

    . As, Mpyss, s. W. D. Rss, Te Basic Works o Aristotle, d. RdMK (N Yk, 1002), 12.10 (d by bk d s).. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.17.. F s Gs gs pps, s s XI, b.

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    gs s bbs y sbm g sps

    (3, 5051, 17071, 19394, 24445, 263, 274, 284, 399400).

    As s, Gs ppd s js s pds gms. Js s mxd bds q m b

    mys , s s py pp y bm

    mpy my sm m ds d -

    s ss. I m g ds ms,

    mgs ms s s sbj s (5051,

    27375). Gs s gm ( d pp Jss

    Institutes) dm (servitus), m , sd b s

    s d s, by , m m d

    ds b . Ags s g, Gs d s d y b dsd d sss: sy,

    d s d g (s, sy, bs ) b s

    sd pdd by m; sdy, d m y,

    s d b dd s s gs s. H,

    g g s s kyd s ss, s m b

    kd, s s sd ss bs s bsd s d

    ss mm gd. Smy, sd ss, s gs

    sm m s d b bd m s s s d mxmzs mm gd (382).

    Gs s s s d spd m sy smm

    b ss d smm b ds. H, dd s kyd

    s, by d, s, d bbs s s, Gs s

    s sd yp s: ps sg

    s dd b s s qd m. Js

    s s, bg sp ps s, sd b ds s

    ss s, s s s sp bd sg dyy my d p sd b ds s y m

    b. Ts gm mg k p kyd dsp,

    b ss s s d ps. Idd, p, s s-

    y m d m b s b

    jy spy d s. Ag, Gs s s ps

    sg s bg b ps. O d, gd pp

    g mm gd, s y d s ps y;

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.8, 7.14.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.31; d P Kg, d., Corpus

    Iuris Civilis, 3 s. (B, 1928), 1:2 (1.3 [d by bk d p]).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.6.

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    , s bd dd, s g s

    s s d m s syg m d ymm.

    Gs dpd sdd md ymgy L d s (servus) s mg s b sd m d by s

    p d sm p m (27576, 36770).

    Gs s dsgsd yps s. O s m

    bms s gs (mercenarius) bs mk g

    m ms m y s s gg ps, kpg

    ms, g, sg, sg g pd, dg, g

    , pg m mm sp. I s g, by p-

    p mm js, km, s y s

    (Lk 10:7), s pd s bs. T d bs ms ss m s y my b ppy , ,

    d gd . B s ms s ssy sy

    bs, g qs s sd by s,

    y k gdss ms , p, y g

    s. Smy, s ss ys b s g

    bd s s qs, ds s s k

    y (262, 27172, 27677, 28485).

    Ag ddd gmy y s b s dm d s ppy s ss s sy bg -

    s ss s, Gs dd m mss d ms s

    b m. As s, Gs gdd s m

    yg s dd d pp. Adgy, sd b

    mdd , d , s As d msy gd (d

    Bs d pd), s s m b ppss,

    dy d xss, d dpd by b C d G.

    F s, by s s m b ( dy gsy) d pdgy ( xss ) , p, s m s

    m ky b d p m dy

    s pdgy, d s s s m

    bg s mdp b m (14, 4142, 6263, 65, 7678,

    94, 98, 102, 136, 193, 274, 284, 295, 385). Smy, mss sd b

    . Kg, d., Corpus Iuris Civilis, 1:2 (1.3); d Isidore o Sevilles Etymologies, d. PsTp, 2 s. (C, N.C., 2005), 1:5.27.32; 1:9.4.43 (d by bk, p, d s).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 2.2.68; Lmb, I s, 275;

    C, LGW, F 16566; C, r, I, 68789; C, Pars, X 833; G, Conessio Amantis,5.764143; Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., 4.p.7.50; d C, Bo,IV.p.7.96100. F s ks s d, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 32,4142, 82, 9192, 123, 145, 15152, 241.

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    y m ss, d d sg s

    sp, s dd mpy y sd pps bg

    d y ds m s y s ds s sbjs. R,dspyg md mgms m, y sd dp

    s mdd s b xms, g g

    k d, ss m sd b s b m.

    Idd, ss k , s ms s m

    s, y sd b sd s y ds d,

    sd b bs dd y ss, d sd b d

    k ds py s (9899, 277, 284).

    VII

    Gss yss sp b sbd d

    sd s, s bs pps, y sm s

    b ms d s. F Gs, s As, m s

    m g, s y d mg ss

    sp s s p m s

    k d m s g (.., p) s sd. Ad-

    gy, s d my, k s s y mmmy, ss m, y bs -

    y d , , k mks d ms bs,

    sm ss b m skg s ds p

    d d (170, 17478, 187, 29092). Hsbds d s pd

    mpsp, d (k sm sps bds d ms

    m s d ) b ps dd s

    d m m spg, ss m d d s

    bg xp m (17982). H, s ds b b ps, m bg y

    d bsss sd sd s m pm

    k sd m, dg dms sks s s g d sp-

    g sk (g Gs s ms k d dg

    y d s ss), by bg gd

    (177, 24748).

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.6.8.

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.7.. F db g sx ds b md Egd, s

    Sp H. Rgby, Gdg Bk D: Wm L Md Egd, Gender andHistory12 (2000): 74554.

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    Uspsgy, Gs dd s s gd ds b smpy

    ms g mm xg, b dsd

    ms dsb js. Js s ms s-d s k p s ss s sbjs, s, mmy

    dk b m d m, sbd s d d ms,

    xss g s sd ys b

    bd m (17576). Iby, js s Gs jsd dsp

    ms s ms mss sp sdm, s

    ddd spy sbd s dd, m

    g m ms ms sppsdy g -

    y. I s m sd b sbj m mg

    m pss mm pd, d sdm. I ms jy dsp bss pd, s, s As d sd,

    m sd ys jy dsp m k pd

    m d s ss b s (5051, 182, 275). Ts m

    s bg ss pd pdd Gs s jg Ps

    d Ss m m sd b g d dds ms:

    y dd m pssss by d pys sg qd

    d--d mb; y s kd s d sdm

    py dd y b. Wm sd b d g y mgy, s, y s kd s

    m gg d (192, 298, 3067, 311). Ts, g

    s ppy xmp bs gg dgs

    m (327), Gs bjd s smy ppd

    b gs, s, d ks d g m sd

    d dds ms, gg sd ms k s d sd

    m gs y d s (298, 307).

    Gss b ms sp y d by s ps-ss m gg dy my, s

    ssd kgy dgy sd y pss m (331). M

    spy s pdd Gs gd j pydy,

    m s mb sbds. H gd d

    dd s sg ps d b d my, ps

    sm ks sd b sbj m s. Ts,

    . LHm-Lq, L mm, 47179.

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.12, 1.13.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.6; P, Te Republic, s. Cd, 5.45157; d

    Jms M. By, Wm My: Ss Agms d Md Imgs Wm,History o Political Tought22 (2001): 24269.

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    g my sm m s d by b my d kg, ,

    s ss my ms s dd by d s sbj kg:

    g s g md. Smy, m, bg pd, , d sdm, sd ys b sbj m.

    H, s d m sbds, s d m s d

    b sbj m, smg s s kyd. Ts, s

    s pygmy g s d sb, s pmd

    s d s sb sg d, Gs gdd pydy

    s bg m dsb gm, s d

    mgs m ss (18084).

    Js s Gs s d s bg ss mp d p ss

    ds, s, s gdd m s bg ss s, s mss bg k mp ms. Ts mp xps y m

    py g ps m pp, s s ps

    ss x gdss pys by (166, 19798, 2067). Gs

    dmd , p, sm m pd d sm m

    m pd sm m. H, s s m

    d, s xps d dm g d m

    b sbj m. I sm y s ms b g-

    dd (s , s bdys myg, pys g-d sd bdy), g my dds

    y b -dd d g-dd, s s gms ms

    b bsd p ss b s y m d

    s gy (51, 181, 29192, 332, 420).

    As Gs s m s bg ss s, d s

    d s gy bg ss s m. Adgy,

    gd s sd my b d p g

    zd , y, m d s. Fm, ds d s bdd d gss

    dsp d pp s, m py ky

    s s s sppsd md d

    (51, 2068, 284, 339, 355). T xp Gss g gs kg

    . Gs s ppsd pydy gds d s b mp sbds d mp s sg m. O dsd-gs pygmy m d b ss ky s d d b s y s, m d sx mb m m ky b b,

    d d p m m pdg d s s s bg d m, s sg p s ppss mg (18384).. Gs d b s s dg s p b m y bg g-dd

    g qs As kyd s y s sg s (218).

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    m s s s mss d s dd qky.

    Hs gm s bsd As m bgs

    mp gs mp s s bs ds ss d gs ds m mp ks.

    Adgy, js s ms bds m m s

    ms, s m, bg m , ss m, s

    ms s s s d ms , g,

    m s m p (2067).

    M gy, s ms d , Gs s s s

    bg spy m, , s y ss s

    m, py ky b d by mp pps d

    sgss dss d s, spy y md yg g (189, 195, 2078, 245, 249). I y b, s, d

    sb ms mpx (.., pysg mkp), s

    m (py yg m) s d sb ds d

    . Bg ss bdd by s m, y m d

    mpy psss, g d sy d d,

    d b sds d sb (199, 24549, 409). I s psp,

    s m mp d s, k Kg Sdps, N,

    d Js Cs, mss gy bmg mm (26, 73, 346).

    Gs ssd ms sppsd ss s k

    pys sg mpd m d pysg y

    sd m dss mpx. As ms,

    ms m ky b d d

    bs, s s dss ss bdy s

    mks mg d sg, g xss s s bd

    bdy.

    T d s mks p d d s s bs g, s ds d m d. Idd, m

    gy sg d bd s s,

    m ky b b d (67, 69, 19697, 244, 259, 307,

    39798). Wm, by s, b mpx, bds

    bg, s s, s d sb. Js s ms sp

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16.. As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10.. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16. F s s Gs mmds xpsg -

    d d s ys d d s d sg bds mpdd y ppd dds ms (238). S s B, Te Measure o Multitude, 258.. F bdss s , s As, Politics, d. Es, 7.7; d G-

    y Ls, d., Te Earliest English ranslation o Vegetius De re militari (Hdbg, 1988), 50.

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    mpx bss, s ms mpx s sp

    m. E g sm m d sg, s s y

    s gd bdy mpx, b s pd sd d mkp sd by xss pgm. F Gs,

    mpx ms bds s kd dy ps-

    ss, s ms pys spy s ssd pssss

    b s s d sp s s. H gs

    my, s mpx bdy, ms

    m, s d sb bdy, s sds d

    sb ds d (153, 16162, 199, 2067).

    I s ms, Gss m gd spy m -

    y s kd x ms bdy mpx s -y ss ss , g qy ssd

    s sd bdy s b d s s, s

    d , , mpx bdy s

    s (16, 6871, 131, 14748, 195, 199, 202, 219, 236, 274, 327, 388). A b-

    s xmp s s dkg xss ms ,

    pds bdy, s dspg by s s,

    d s g s ds y d pmg d s (232).

    R, pbm Gss mp k sppsd y ms s gd y d sss m-

    px s ms d mpyd psy pps gm

    s ds dsp mss ss. H d md

    s s (d s m sd b mss) dd b -

    d s d sky d bd sg, kd

    gd mpx, s s ss d g bdy

    sg b kd (151, 171, 399400). Y, dsp psg ms-

    s d ss s bg sy d ms s d sg,Gs gd d s d bdy sg

    m jsyg spy m m. Pps d-

    b s gs s pp Gs s b gms

    sd bss s p ssmps b by mss

    g ss d m bg s b m.

    Dsp s g ssssm m y, Gs dd

    d m pb . Tg s-

    bds, dg psm gs y spss ,

    . As, De Anima, d. Ls-d, 1.4, 2.4.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.56.

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    m b bg sy d sy ( sss m

    s s s d), sss d sss, bs g,

    d, d dk, d s s m m. A s b mpd g p m gd p d by

    bg kp bsy sd k sg d bk-g,

    dpdg sms y, s s ds

    dss ds d s. I p, yg m sd b -

    bdd m syg d yg b s y d

    ppy s, d s smsss ss m m

    y, d d bm smd mpy m (189, 2001,

    208, 234, 24548). By g m xss dds d, s-

    bd s p s d y gs mp- dss d mps bds d ss b ps, g,

    s, p s d ssy my s s (29,

    35, 6970, 177, 2012). Nss, g sbd sd s

    d sd ps ssy, sd d d

    bdyg by s jsy y pks s s ds

    s pbd. Bg bdd smg mks ms d

    ds m, b s s py m m

    d s m (2068).I g, g y g m b,

    Gs psd m ms xms gss d y:

    y md, y s myd, s y ,

    y ppd pm dds s m d m m.

    H, m d , m gdss, y gy

    pssss p m, s s d b pd-

    ss, s pd dss mpx-

    s. Ts, bs m by ,y gy sms (.., y pssss sg ss sm),

    s s m ss, d s d sk dds

    y pmpd d s by s. Smy, d

    d b m bs y s s, d

    d p my s y mss ds mpss m s,

    m gy m ssy bss s

    , b bs y s d d dsp

    d s d py s s dsy (13436, 19799, 246,

    307, 401).

    . O ms s, s As, Politics, d. Es, 1.13.

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    Nss, js s yg d d m -

    s s g, s s gby y d ms-

    ss d g, d js s b, , d mgy m ms p s pss m, s,

    Gs gd, by s s, m m

    s d pps (18, 14950, 15657). Tg s sk s d

    m m, ss s pssb. I d,

    m s s, s s g d s

    sbds s, py, s s s Cs W

    B (III 52942), m ds, m ms jdg d s

    dg s xp dd . H sd -

    d g xss jsy ds s d ys kg s , s s gd d , s s gs s

    b m d dss m m s pb ds. As s s mp-

    , sbd sd g d dsp, sd d

    sg xss ks mk m pd

    d k mss sbds mss d ds (2038).

    As s js mss ss, Gss ds

    spy sbd s dd

    s xs xs yy sd. O -y, gs s sd s msm y, s

    s b ms p by p mmy

    b d: mp g p zs

    s d, d s p p p -

    zs p sbd . Ws

    s s d s ym k, sbd, g y s

    b s , s s bd by mg d by d-

    s d s, k s d s b p d s sbjs. Uk d, d s

    , ds s sbd, d s, ss, s s p d

    s (18283, 19092, 194, 203, 213). Gd, s ms sm

    C, s d d g s bs dd s

    dd p pps. Adgy, s f s s

    s b b d bg p d, y sd b d

    k ss, s y by bbs pps ss s by p

    m d ss d s s s d d

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.12; d Jms M. By, Fmy, Gm d Md Ass, History o Political Tought10 (1989): 116, 712.

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    p. E g m ds m, sbds sd b

    g, dy, d sp ds s (g sp

    ms s ks dpd p ms p y),mg m y b d, dsp

    s s m ppss mg (5051, 17480,

    19294, 199, 2016, 214, 275). I s bs md ps d

    xss ss ss g ds g s

    b m (18788). T sp sd b b sbd

    d s pdd Gs s ss ppsg pygmy,

    s g my s d m m d s d

    s qd d s p (180). T d

    b spss s s s y Gs ppsd ss mg: d b s s s ddd

    sd b b sbd d , s d d s dg

    s kyg d bd s d d s

    y (186).

    VIII

    Fy, mmy s dd ss sm pp d -s sbj m, s pps y mss d ss d

    sbds d s, b s s d d (175). Idd, s

    s, Gs s p s d s bg

    g , s, s bg m d mp

    sbds s. Lk mss ss d

    sbds s, Gs psd ps (py

    s) d s bg b s sbj

    . Ws g gs sd ys gs, s Gds d, ss d ps m bjs, sp-

    s dy p s p. Adgy, s d

    ms sd , , d sgd d s s

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.2, 6.8; As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm,8.12.7; d Lmb, A pps, 337.. Gs s by ppsd d (17879).. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 9.10.. Gs s ppsd ss mg s gds, dg pg-

    m gm mg -k d s xd ds d -s. H, dd dsps d b g mg kk, pdd y sy d, s d bg sm g gd (s s p) d p sm g (18486).

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    jd ms d. F ps, p bs m m

    p (s gs pd y bg

    smg k mss) d s m, ss, m my. I , d, p pds pys-

    , m, , d sp p d g, bs

    gs ys dp m mp m p m, s

    g m d d. Cd sd , , d

    sp s d ms d b sbj m, g Gs

    bd ms d s spg s

    gy g d ds ps. T

    d sd b sbj s d ms pdd Gs

    gds s bj ss mg ps d, s d ps s mpb

    dds b d b sbds d s (8, 61, 166, 174, 176, 185,

    19092, 21045, 293, 337, 37071).

    Ag sd ps d, Gs s

    s s sp s sg m g d yg

    b sbj d. Ts pp s y xpss -

    spy s m pd s d m

    xp ks d dds gs. I s js s psb pps sd b d by s, s d,

    p y, sd, d spkg sm, sd

    b gd y by ps b s by s d s d

    d y m g y ms s d

    mpssb. F s, s y y d y,

    yg sd b d sg gs, s s mgs

    kd m, s s d y sm ss (5051,

    22630, 236, 331).

    Ws bds d bss d by s, msy m dsdg d s, s d , m-

    s, d s s m ssy m y yg d

    mpssb (21922, 23435, 297). I s spy mp d

    sd b bd s d ds g

    , gg py s ds m

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 8.12.23. Gs dssss pd

    s g p ms d ms (293), sGy Vs, Poetria nova, s. Mg F. Nms (, 1967), 49.. As, Politics, d. Es, 7.14, 7.17. O psb d sb ds

    s, s Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 9397.

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    pm b y dy y b ds d s sd b

    sbj s (24243).

    Gs py dmd s gm b yg bgd by ds dpd As

    y s ddd pss sdg y, dsdg d g

    d, b m, px , p m g. I

    s mdd g m ms ky pssss s s

    yg d d s kg yp s, g d-

    ds mdd-gd my, p, pssss p pps d

    s ps ys (14050). Lgy, s -p sm sd

    d dd b yg d d sd, g,

    b sbj s pk my. I p, , Gs dd s s b sd smpy gd s sm

    kygs d ps sd b d ms, d s psd bk

    by q sdm g d g y s

    dds s As, p ds y (137, 316).

    IX

    G Gs gdd sbd sm gs s s -b d dy dd, , ps, sy, s dy

    spsg , k As, gdd bd sbmss s

    s g sps s ky . Idd,

    Gs, js gs, by sbjs bd ,

    ss mpss s qs pp b my, s

    gs dy qs mp p sps.

    W s js d b d, d sy d b

    dsyd by sd (5458, 28082).

    As s, Gs ss bd s ppg s s d m

    pd s ss s, d s s pmg mm gd

    , d d k. Adgy, s sd b bd

    sbds, d s d ds, d ss d s

    mss, y sd b s sy bd

    . As, O Us, 401; As, O Y, Od Ag, L, D dRsp, Te Complete Works o Aristotle, d. Bs, 1:761; D, Il Convivio, d. Cd,4.23.416; M E. Gd, From Birth to Old Age: Te Human Lie Cycle in Medieval Tought,

    12501350 (Lm, Md., 1989), 39, 105; d B, Te Ages o Man, 511.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7.. As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 5.1.1520; Aqs, Commentary on

    Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg, 895912.

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    y dsd mmds y b g (129, 175,

    24243, 274, 382).

    H, Gss s b bd s pps msy s sbjs d s s, sy xp

    m d m sp d bd d m,

    s s sp s py ky pk g p

    p. As p d g (s ppsd

    y) s d s sbjs , y s s zs

    s ms bsyss sd b bd kyg

    d d bkg s s: m s gd sy s bd

    p d ym s. E s y b

    s sd b bd ds y mss yg s m s gd p b s b sg (24243, 38790).

    Gss mpss bd md m y q gs

    s gs y b. Apg Wbs sss

    d g m p gm y,

    gd s d s bsd s, sg

    ms m sbsd sg. H, smy p s bms,

    s , kyd, s g p dm

    sp g. Nss, Gs dd d sd b md s y y s, s,

    d s b sd (31819, 331, 360, 38083, 409).

    Csqy, s dy ky b ssps bd,

    ssg sbs yy sm, Gs gd

    , , bd kg d s s s dm b s m

    dm (non est servitus sed libertas). Lk Ss, d gd

    s s s d by b s m

    s s s psss, Gs md s s bspp dsby ms kyd. Pdxy,

    s s bd kg y . S bd

    p sbj, s s m m sdm s qd

    b , s pb d spd , s ss sy

    m, gs m pspy d sy s zs, d

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 2.8; Mx Wb, Economy and Society, 2 s. (Bky,1978), 1:215, 22641.

    . Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.34.. Esk, Te Hellenistic Stoa, 44, 54, 56; S, O Cmy, Te Stoic Philosophy

    o Seneca, s. Hds, 163; Aqs, Commentary on Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, d. Lzg,3940.

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    s m b md d gds

    y sks p s sbjs m g (7, 11, 73, 24243,

    34042, 38790, 396).

    Sbjs sd d pkg by byg s mmds, by dg m d

    m, by spg s pg gs, d by sgdg s my d

    s m. I sd mmds pys sks

    bg bdy , m m sd by ps

    s bg mmy p d ss (38890)?

    S bd sd b y dd p d

    mm p bg mpsd p g sbjs, s s

    by y (335). F Gs, dsbd d b ssd

    d py ss m sq dsd dm dsp. As s, s yy s g, dg

    yy my b pb ms s m b bd

    p d bk s (38889).

    X

    I s sss bd d d, Gs ssmd -

    s sy d b zd by m b smmbs, sbsm s d p bg pps

    y s d s . Nss, Gs dd xp s -

    my b sy d s, m g sy,

    s g b s ys by m (305, 353, 359). H zd

    s dsd ds ys s m s ks s-

    y b d g. Ag p m,

    k m gds, ms ky m sps

    gms pssss d gs, sp d g-s m g ss s b ggd d s s. Ts s

    spy ky s m d y s s

    d, py s m d gd mss s m y

    y y . M s ky s d qs,

    js s d sps, s y d b ms s s

    ps: ks [ps] ks d sms

    sms. Idd, Gs s s mg d p s

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10.. O ss m sy d g s d dgs

    m, s Aps ds Cs Phys, y sk p s m jyg pss.

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    bg py dgs s d p d (135, 31415, 347,

    350, 356, 389). Csqy, s d mg d my

    s y g ms b dd d k pd m, b s by zs b p d d s b m

    pd (316, 35051, 39497). Fg d x s

    s p bg d d mk s sbjs m bd

    (349). I s s b dd by p gy g

    f s mgs mb m ppg f s d

    s gg ds mgs s xdd m (308).

    H, mgs d p s py p-

    s sy, s spy ky s b d

    p. As Gs, g As, dmd, g, y (valdedivites) b ms sb ds p, b

    d dsps, gg, d ppss m s. Smy,

    y p (valde pauperes) d sby ds

    d mgy, b d mk ds d s. Ty

    s kkd d g ds , yg m

    d skg d ys y mg s d py s

    gd d . I y p, y d

    , js s d g m (386). Lks, -by g s b mss d ss s gds

    Gs ppsd mm ppy d s qy, gg

    s s sm zs s b s, d

    b m ky z s sbj (3056).

    Gs sggsd p mds s b

    d p. T s, s s, s ps mk s

    d p d bs ps by ppssg s b

    m (317, 396). T sd s p s y by mpy-g s mg sbd b zs d sppss sgs

    sbjs d ss gs s s b m. Oy y

    sks dd s sbjs d s m gs d

    . F s g C, s Sp H. Rgby, Sy d Ps, S Es, d.,An Oxord Guide to Chaucer(Oxd, 2005), 2649, 3845.. As, Politics, d. Es, 2.5.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.33; As, Politics, d. Es,

    4.11. F s md Egd, s Rgby, English Society, ps. 24; J W

    d Sp H. Rgby, Egd: S C d Pp Ps, Rgby, d., A Companion,6586; d Sp H. Rgby, S S d Em Cg L Md Egd, Rsmy Hx d Mk Omd, ds., Cambridge Social History o England, 12001500(Cmbdg, U.K., 2006), 130, 23, 2022.

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    s s p (342, 396). Fy, g As, Gs gd

    mms ms d , p, d s b,

    s my s ms ky b d s g mb m pss (persone medie) s mmbs ss d y

    dsps p d m b qy

    . H, g zd Pss gms

    qy zs, ss d s sg ms by

    s s s s m sm m q mgs

    m (38587).

    T s Gs s g sd s g-

    m , s, dm y s m s d by

    y. Uk my md p ks, Gs dd C xpy gg , ssy, y d b

    s psy s d s. Y, bs yy s

    gm d , bd s ky d b

    gy dd by y. Hm kss ms , p,

    y kgs pm sm s yy, s y s

    gd d mp s sg s s dg

    s sd sp (343, 351). Nss,

    kg s xssy y, s ky pps x- m d b m s sg dsy. Adgy, dsp

    s sss s bd, py p s

    b, d dgs ky s m dsbd,

    Gs dd g y m yy s b pd

    s d by b. R, k Aqs, Gs md sm-

    py sm yds sm yds my b ss

    sd by sbjs dsbd . Ts

    p s xy m yy s b d y ps (38789). Ws dd xpy d g y,

    Gs, As, C, d my md p ks,

    dd d yy d ys dsy s, s s b

    g dd d by gs ss m s sbj :

    m y s, s s g b (25, 11720, 32829,

    . Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.2.3; d As, Politics, d. E-s, 4.11.. C, On Duties, d. Gf d Aks, 107, 111; d Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry,

    18283.. As, Politics, d. Es, 3.17.. Aqs, O Py Gm, A. P. Es, d., Selected Political Writings

    (Oxd, 1959), 1.6 (d by bk d s).

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    33238, 34049). By s, Gs s ss mb b b

    by ks sy. Js s ms, g y,

    b s b ms d s g gs m, s zs mmy s s

    b sgs m (73, 263).

    XI

    Gss De regimine principum s mp pd mps js-

    qy b s d d, b s sss,

    d b mmbs sd. Y, s x dss s s-

    pg, s ys p b d gs gd p ss my spsd s g . Idd,

    s b sd s ms mpssb m p

    sys dm dgy mkg s ps bd

    m dm dgy. Cy, sps Gs Rms g,

    p s Cs mpss spy sp gdss

    m d m b b, d p

    b p ppss Gs ms d dy ppd. I

    p, , Gs ms pd d md py d- mps s gms s , dmg

    dg k d De regimine principum, y -

    y m bs .

    I dy ds sg , s md gs, Gss -

    xs d jdgg gs sp d s

    s bg sp m bjs d bdy. Adgy, dpd

    d g , s sy Mds sd, y s

    y s gds bdy b s ddsd gd s (10, 1829, 50). Y, dd d m s

    y gs sd b sd jd, sd b

    dspssssd . O s, m sd b s msy s

    . As, Nicomachean Ethics, d. Rkm, 4.5.7; As, Politics, d. Es, 5.10;C, On Duties, d. Gf d Aks, 71; d Rgby, Wisdom and Chivalry, 183.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5, 1.8.. Rb Lpsy d M Wsk, Film Teory: An Introduction (Ms, U.K.,

    1988), 6366; d Sp H. Rgby, Hsy, Dss d Pss Pdgm: A R Hsgpy?, History and Teory45 (2006): 11920.

    . Ns Abmb, Class Structure and Knowledge (Oxd, 1980), 40. F mdxmps, s Os, Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England, 290361; d Rgby, English Society,31016.. Bs, Te Consolation o Philosophy, d. S ., Bk 3.

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    gdy y bm ss psssss ps

    ds sp m bj. Nss, sp

    s m d m s y d yms ds d s ppy (7678, 25960). Rs my bg

    y , b, k gds s s p,

    s , m, d bdy , y gm ss pp-

    ss d bssg m Gd, pdd y sd s ms

    g d s d bg d s d

    mss. I gds ss gd

    s, s s d s s ms by

    mg, d s pssss mg s s s

    d s d dds (1829, 85, 104, 122, 15354, 17475, 187,25254, 26465).

    Ts, sd pdg sp p s, Gs, k

    md mss, gd s pssssd dp

    ppp d , sg s y b dd

    y d mm gd g d s g

    s pd mp (15255, 3056). S ks

    dd m sd b y, b y sd

    b s. I s s s g, s m y mss, b xss d mmd s

    kd d Dyss Sy d yy (76, 11920). Gs

    s b mz ds Cs spy

    y md s qy by g s sm gs s

    gd gs pssss m s. As Gs sd,

    s psssss mss b s s

    d m (314).

    Gs mpd sm b, d, Cs b sp qy ms (G. 3:28; C. 3:11)

    d, , s p s spy s

    b ss. H, dsgsd yps by gd-

    ss. Fsy, s d by s ssd s

    bd, ss, d y my d p d ms d my

    m. I p, pp sdd b y m

    g bd s m d myy d d ym. I s

    mg m, gy d by s b d bd

    . E Ck, Is d Lg Rspss Bggg Md Egd,Social Science History26 (2002): 44773, 451.

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    gdd ss. S by, k ss dss, s bsd

    ppyy d yg () pp (150, 28081).

    Sdy, , dd s d gd, s sp- by gdss s spss s -

    s d gd s d gdss ms (28081). F Gs,

    s pssss s s d by g s kgdm

    zs m s smpy , p, d

    b k (385). I smy g , C s y dy

    Wie o Baths al q pssg m Bk 4 Ds Convivio

    bsd p De regimine principum, , s s, s

    by m, d spp gm by s

    s s gss/As s dsdd d ss b s pm g dds (III 110910, 1115).

    Y, p, js s y s s C s g

    s dsm mp y dys b pmy

    m b b, s y d p Gss ds-

    b s by d m gy s ms mm-

    dy d by s m , , s b bd ,

    g, s m b ms pp, xps

    mm q kds by (28081). F Gs, sby d m spy d b d m ss.

    Fsy, sm y ms b m ms d -

    ms m ms, s my gd m m gd m

    d s m m s m. I s b

    s d mkyg b mk, s p

    y yg, d s pysy mp, pd d s b

    bdy, md, d s, ps gd-kg

    d.

    I gdss s dpd pd s s ss ds d ms m, s y s

    . F D, s 26. S s M K, Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in theMiddle Ages (Ld, 1996), 187222.

    . Sp Kg, Georey Chaucer (Oxd, 1986), 103; d Ms, Fallible Authors,31532.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.7.. F s s, d bs y db s dgs m, Gs m-

    mdd m sd y d dds d y s g ysd. H, y d bg ms p d y y-g ys d.

    Smy, m sd dy p y pysy y g, myms y sd b gd s y-, g my b spd m my b s g (19596, 233). S s As, Politics, d. Es, 7.16; d B, TeMeasure o Multitude, p. 12.

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    sms b b, s s pbb m by d s

    gy b kd. Ts b ss s m ky

    b sp ms s s sp sm d, s gd mpx bdy ds b kd

    pssss s s dspsd, mkg m s d b

    d s m pdspsd ds m (4748, 15051,

    189, 195, 281).

    Sdy, s d gdss s d, -

    d s b s d sk m ss

    ss, mgmy, d mg. I p,

    s b ss mmy pb y ms y

    m smd mm dds m, b sds b xmp s. Ts sy s s d bs s

    kd , s, sds b d g

    m m, s sy bg smpy m gd ms

    b s bg kd s by, mg, mp-

    , sy, d by. Idd, gss d bss ms

    d s: s pbs , s

    sy s , s ss d p

    sd dspy s gd ms. By s, s (rustici), d sy , d b bss (s) d byds (s s-

    ds) (43, 9798, 15052, 211, 28083, 333). Smy, bs g m

    (nobiles) g d ds d s

    s (rurales), y ky mk b gs s y

    m smd b. Ts s d by gm

    gy s d m sy s d s s ,

    m pys sg, dd y b, spy

    md mb, g pys sg s my mkm m sb gg (4023).

    Iy, , Gss m by s s dds

    s g s py g s mps, p, s

    y b dpy s b jsy d s spy

    s b bd, y dy m dds

    ss b (153, 38487). Gs k gd

    ps, g ss bd, d s s s m

    s d b bd. Smy, s ys,

    . Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 1.4.5.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 3.3.5.

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    s s d s p d bs, bs,

    d gm s s x d by gd s

    g my b sd, g s bs bsd ss d bdpd dsp d, ds b, (53, 123, 18687,

    33940, 347, 350). Lks, ss y Gs gd gs s-

    ys s d d bg d mm by s zs s s

    gm d q d sm kpyg, s

    qy dg bsdy g m sd b dspsd

    d p m d pss sd b sppd (3014). I s

    s y sy sm pp sd b ssgd dd

    d s g ps d , s b s

    dys y b s s m b d s k ds (306, 311). I pg gmy

    d qg s d m by, Gs s s b -

    b spy gs sp p

    mpy qs , p, d ss. H s sd

    As sbgy, by m bs, sm

    m mkd sbj, s , Cs-d

    m mp, by ps d bs dsd

    bg p mss my sp m (17,4951, 73, 101, 110, 119, 124, 17778, 212, 244, 28182, 385, 395).

    Nss, p, dsssg xs p

    sd, De regimine principum ds sy

    ssssm sp b sps d s, mk-

    dy s s s yss. As s, Gs

    sy psd sps b s sps d s s

    bg b b ps. Ts s y s s

    d ms s ms m s.Fsy, kdy s ( s

    pd s ss sdm), Gs d As sg s

    sp s bg , d s d s mxmzg

    mm gd. Sdy, Gss gm s sd

    g qs s d d d s m

    . Gs s gd s gms mp bs m d s g s d pysy smbd m. Ws d d bg

    d mm d s d d my s, dms m s d, g y, d d g s (3024).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.5.

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    y pdd m dy ssssm ps sd

    d by As. Tdy, Gs s s my

    mercenarius s g js, mm xg b ps, s, y, s s psd by m s bg ps-

    y s (3, 5051, 17071, 176, 19394, 24445, 26263, 27172, 27377,

    28485, 36770, 382, 399400).

    H, ypd gss Gss ss

    Assm s d m m g z

    sp b ms d s. As s, Gs gd

    sd, s msm y, s ms g:

    g pm sbd by y s d

    s, d g by gs s d d-g s b gd d. H, s Gs pd

    , s s d m , y

    my, s, gym dspm y, , s

    s g p, gs dg s , b k

    g ds s s p s b

    m. Spsgy, Gs gd , k p xsd by

    p d, dmm xsd by ms s

    ss s d s gd d p d gd dp. I , ms bms m k y s

    s sg p gs mm gd

    (21314, 333). I bdy sg g p

    d dsp p ms s s, Gs

    As, d gd s ms

    d s b xpd d b ps, p,

    pps s smms s.

    H, ms Gs md b dsp mss p s ss dds y sd s-

    b s p sp, b s s g k

    qs p gdd s bg ssy d b

    m sy. As sd, m mmy b s s

    dd b b sm d sm p s -

    d d sm s d sy d sm sg d bd (175).

    Ts, k Ags, Gs, g -y ks,

    . As, Politics, d. Es, 1.6.. Egds Rms, De regimine principum (1482), 2.2.3; d Kg, d., Wimbledons

    Sermon, 81 (s 31517).. As, Politics, d. Es, 1.57.

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    s ppd p dm sm pp s (

    dsp y) d xsd b F, bg, As

    ms, xpss m d ms mg bs mds. A F mys s s by ms s

    ys dg dm xsd by sm m s

    b sd s ps p ssy Ags d

    d libido dominandi, b, ss, sps s sk

    s sbj m d y. As s, g Gs

    md ms s s xsd ms-

    s dd b, sd s sp

    b p d d, s s gm s, -

    ss, sm sg s kyd d s s spd s sbd ps (27375).

    XII

    I De regimine principum Gs Rm ppd p

    y d pd js by qy

    s xs: m d, g p sp,

    s d, d sd, d dd s d m bjs. Y, k ms psp bss, p

    d s dd pms m -

    ss ssy d . R, Gss As ps-

    py d p y pdd by y d

    (d dy) ps d b gmd. Ts