To govern is to serve : an essay on medieval democracy / Jacques Dalarun ; translated and with an introduction by Sean L. Field ; foreword by M. Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne E. Leste.

"Explores the world of medieval inversions-- the first shall be last and the superior is the servant--through an episode in which the abbess Clare of Assisi washes the feet of a serving sister; religious movements that sought their superiors from less exalted members of their communities; and a...

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Main Author: Dalarun, Jacques (Author)
Other Authors: Field, Sean L. (Sean Linscott), 1970- (Translator)
Other title:Gouverner c'est servir. English
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
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Call Number: BT738.25 .D3513 2023
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