In The Later Middle Ages, the third volume of his monumental
History of Political Ideas, Eric Voegelin continues his exploration
of one of the most crucial periods in the history of political
thought. Illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages,
Voegelin traces the historical momentum of our modern world in the
core evocative symbols that constituted medieval civilization.
These symbols revolved around the enduring aspiration for the
sacrum imperium, the one order capable of embracing the
transcendent and immanent, the ecclesiastical and political, the
divine and human. The story of the later Middle Ages is that of the
"civilizational schism" -- the movement in which not only the
reality of but the aspiration for the sacrum imperium gradually
disappeared.
His recognition of this civilizational schism provides Voegelin
with a unique perspective on medieval society. William of Ockham,
Dante, Giles of Rome, and Marsilius of Padua all emerge in
Voegelin's study as predecessors to modern thought; each turns to
personal authority and intellectual analysis in an attempt to
comprehend the loss of the sacrum imperium.
Yet the story of the later Middle Ages does not merely revolve
around disintegration. Voegelin recognizes the emergence of the
constitutional political tradition as the most positive development
of this period. His study of the English political pattern is
matched only by his unique perspective on the German imperial
zone.
The Later Middle Ages is at once a brilliant examination of
medieval society and a remarkable predecessor to Voegelin's study
of the modern world, beginning with the Renaissance and the
Reformation.
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