Kings two bodies - a study in medieval political theology

Introduction to the Princeton Classics Edition ix  Preface (1997) by William Chester Jordan xxv  Preface xxxiii  Introduction 3  I. The Problem: Plowden's Reports 7  II. The Shakespeare: King Richard II 24  III. Christ-centered Kingship 42  1. The Norman Anonymous 42  2. The Frontispiece of the Aachen Gospels 61  3. The Halo of Perpetuity 78  IV. Law-centered Kingship 87  1. From Litury to Legal Science 87  2. Frederick the Second 97  Pater et Filius Iustitiae 97  Iustitia Meciatrix 107  3. Bracton 143  Rex infra et supra Legem 143  Christus-Fiscus 164  V. Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum 193  1. Corpus Ecclesiae mysticum 194  2. Corpus Reipublicae mysticum 207  3. Pro patria mori 232  Patria religious and legal 232  Patriotic Propaganda 249  Rex et Patria 259  VI. On Continuity and Corporations 273  1. Continuity 273  Aevum 275  Perpetua Necessitas 284  2. Fictio Figura Veritatis 291  Imperium semper est 291  Universitas non moritur 302  VII. The King Never Dies 314  1. Dynastic Continuity 317  2. The Crown as Fiction 336  Corona visibilis et invisibilis 336  The Fiscal Crown 342  Inalienability 347  Crown and Universitas 358  The King and the Crown 364  The Crown a Minor 372  3. Dignitas non moritur 383  Phoenix 385  Corporational Symptoms in England 401  Le Roy est mort ... 409  Effigies 419  Rex Instrumentum Dignitatis 437  VII. Man-centered Kingship: Dante 451  IX. Epilogus 396  List of Illustrations 507  Illustrations following 512  Bibliography and Index 513  Addenda 568