Conrad Summenhart's Theory of Individual Rights: 159 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) - Hardcover

Jussi Varkemaa

 
9789004216839: Conrad Summenhart's Theory of Individual Rights: 159 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

Synopsis

This book aims to provide a detailed and systematic account of Conrad Summenharts (1455-1502) language of individual rights. This study analyses Summenharts theory in its historical context treating it as a culmination of late medieval discourse on individual rights, particularly useful to those interested in the origin of human rights language, modern political individualism, and late medieval and early modern political and moral philosophy.

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About the Author

Jussi Varkemaa, Th.D. (2009) in Philosophy of Religion, University of Helsinki, is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. He has published several articles on late medieval discourse of individual rights.

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