John of Paris: Beyond Royal and Papal Power

440 Pages·2013·2.473 MB·English

by  Chris Jones

John of Paris
DISPUTATIO
Editorial Board
Dallas G. Denery II, Bowdoin College
Holly Johnson, Mississippi State University
Clare Monagle, Monash University
Cary J. Nederman, Texas A&M University
Founding Editors
Georgiana Donavin, Westminster College
Richard Utz, Western Michigan University
Previously published volumes in this series are listed at the back of the book.
Volume 23
John of Paris
Beyond Royal and Papal Power
Edited by
Chris Jones
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For old friends, wherever they may be,
and for Bob and Len who taught me
‘… and fancy my selfe all along discourseing with you.’
John Aubrey to his friend Mr Anthony Wood (15 June 1680, London)

Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Note Concerning Citations of
John Paris’s De potestate regia et papali xi
John of Paris: Through a Glass, Darkly?
CHRIS JONES 1
Part 1. Power and Authority
Ecclesiastical Authority and Jurisdiction
in the Thought of John of Paris
JOSEPH CANNING 35
Against Empire? John of Paris’s Defence of Territorial
Secular Power Considered in the Context of Dante’s
and Marsilius of Padua’s Political Theories
BETTINA KOCH 49
Part 2. Dominican and Theologian
Historical Understanding and the Nature of Temporal Power
in the Thought of John of Paris
CHRIS JONES 77
John of Paris and the Apocalypse:
The Boundaries of Dominican Scholastic Identity
ANNA MILNE-TAVENDALE 119
viii Contents
Why Did John of Paris Write De potestate regia et papali?
A Reconsideration
ANDREW A. K. THENG 151
John of Paris, Henry of Ghent, and the Will as a Rational Appetite
HOLLy HAMILTON-BLEAKLEy 193
Part 3. Concepts and Ideas
John of Paris, Private Property, and the
Study of Medieval Political Thought
GERSON MORENO-RIAñO 225
John of Paris and the Idea of Peace in the Late Thirteenth
and Early Fourteenth Centuries
TAKASHI SHOGIMEN 239
Debating the Emergence of an Idea: John of Paris and Conciliarism
KARL UBL 263
Part 4. Reception and Legacy
The Bridle-Maker and the Pope: The Use of Causality
in John of Paris’s De potestate regia et papali
and in the early De potestate papae Treatises
LIDIA LANzA and MARCO TOSTE 309
Friar Ludovic of Strassoldo, ‘Author’ of the
De potestate regia et papali in 1434
MARTIN J. CABLE 361
Theology, Sacramental Debates, and Political Thought
in John of Paris: The Case of the Eucharist
GIANLUCA BRIGUGLIA 401
Acknowledgements
I first encountered John of Paris as a callow youth in the History Department
at the University of Durham. We were introduced by Dr Len Scales, who sub-
sequently supervised an undergraduate dissertation on the reasons why John
wrote his most famous tract, On Royal and Papal Power. My continuing puz-
zlement as to what those reasons were helped to inspire this volume. My inter-
est in John and his thought was fanned by Dr Robert W. Dyson, of what was
then Durham’s Politics Department. Although I was never formally his student,
from the day I first knocked on Bob’s door and declared my interest in medieval
political thought he proved remarkably willing to give up his time to discuss
John and his contemporaries, and I benefitted immensely from those conversa-
tions. Despite numerous sidesteps, a serious flirtation with Marsilius of Padua,
and dalliances with many a Parisian chronicler, I have always found myself
drawn back to John and the window he opened for me onto the medieval world.
This particular volume took shape in a series of sessions devoted to John at
the 2010 Leeds International Medieval Congress and was refined by the discus-
sions those sessions facilitated between contributors. Its publication was, how-
ever, much delayed by the series of earthquakes that struck Christchurch, New
zealand, between September 2010 and mid-2011. It was 2014 before circum-
stances allowed for the work’s completion. I would like to express my thanks
to my colleagues past and present at the University of Canterbury, particularly
Mark Francis, Philippa Mein Smith, Peter Field, Bronwyn Matthews, and Jenny
Clement. And to the contributors, the publisher, and the editorial board for
their patience and understanding in difficult circumstances. I am particularly
grateful to the two anonymous readers and to my colleague Gwen Parsons for
their sage advice and ability to spot inconsistencies. And, finally, to my mother,
father, and sister Vanessa without whose love, support, and company in Surrey
pubs I am certain I would never achieve anything at all.
x Acknowledgements
This project was begun while I was in receipt of a Holgate Fellowship at
Grey College, University of Durham in 2009. I wish to acknowledge the
financial assistance of the School of Humanities & Creative Arts, University
of Canterbury, which provided funding towards translation and travel costs.
Publication was supported by funding from the Office of the Assistant Vice-
Chancellor Māori, University of Canterbury, and by a grant from the Scouloudi
Foundation in association with the Institute of Historical Research.
Christchurch, New zealand
November 2014