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Obra clasica en la historiografia de las ideas politicas, este libro constituye una vasta exploracion de la teoria medieval de la realeza, basada en la concepcion cristocentrica de la monarquia como vicaria establecida por Dios en la Tierra para el gobierno temporal de las almas. A imagen de Cristo, el rey poseia dos cuerpos: natural el uno (sometido a las flaquezas y debilidades consustanciales al ser humano) y politico el otro (invisible, inmortal, infalible y destinado a una continuidad historica sin interrupciones). Pese a sus semejanzas con algunos conceptos paganos, Ernst H. Kantorowicz ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La Europa medieval conoció una notable floración de movimientos considerados heréticos por ir, en principio, contra las verdades de fe proclamadas por Roma. En ocasiones, la acusación de herejía trata de reforzar la con controversia política. La imputación genérica de perversión espiritual lanzada contra un oponente tendrá su contrapunto en la autoproclamación de una comunidad determinada como pueblo especialmente favorecido, en virtud de una supuesta e innata pureza de fe. La mayor parte de las veces, sin embargo, estaremos ante el simple uso de una invectiva contra el rival de...