John Wyclif on War and Peace

UK Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-86193-325-9
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 90, 214 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 638 g

Reihe: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series

New investigation of John Wyclif's writings on the theory of the "just war" shows him to be the first genuine pacifist of medieval Europe.

John Wyclif (c. 1330-84) was the foremost English intellectual of the late fourteenth century and is remembered as both an ecclesiastical reformer and a heresiarch. But, against the backdrop of the Hundred Years War, Wyclif also tackled the numerous ethical, legal and practical problems arising from war and violence.
Since the fifth-century works of St Augustine of Hippo, Christian justifications of war had revolved around three key criteria: just cause, proper authority and correct intention. Utilising Wyclif's extensive Latin corpus, the author traces how and why Wyclif dismantled these three pillars of medieval just war doctrine, exploring his critique within the context oflate medieval political thought and theology. Wyclif is revealed to be a thinker deeply concerned with the Christian virtues of sacrifice, suffering and charity, which ultimately led him to repudiate the concept of justified warfare in both theory and practice. The author thus changes the way we understand Wyclif, demonstrating that he created a coherent doctine of pacifism and non-resistance which was at that time unparallelled.

Dr Rory Cox isa Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cox, Rory

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: War, peace and Wyclif
The development of just war doctrine up to the fourteenth century
Wyclif's rejection of just cause
Wyclif's rejection of proper authority
Wyclif's rejection of correct intention
Wyclif on politics
The medieval pacifist
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Rory Cox is a Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.