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Ernst Kantorowicz

    May 3, 1895 – September 9, 1963

    Ernst Kantorowicz, born into an assimilated German-Jewish family, turned from business after World War I to pursue philosophy and history. His early work on Emperor Frederick II adopted an unorthodox, poetic approach, portraying the ruler as an idealized spiritual leader and sparking debate within the historical community. Deeply influenced by the aesthetics and mysticism of the Georgekreis group, Kantorowicz focused on the poetic and cultural dimensions of history rather than conventional political narratives. His later masterpiece explored medieval political theology, tracing the concept of royal power as a union of the person and the embodiment of the community, leaving an indelible mark on the field.

    Ernst Kantorowicz
    Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite. Ergänzungsband
    Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite. Sonderausgabe
    I misteri dello Stato
    Frederick the Second
    The King's Two Bodies
    • I misteri dello Stato

      • 232 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      La forza speculativa dei saggi qui riuniti, che riguardano alcune figure del potere e della sovranità occidentale, consiste nella meticolosa ricostruzione del processo di contaminazione tra politica e teologia che attraversa la storia dell'Occidente. In Kantorowicz le analisi di diritto medievale non potevano restare separate dalla percezione della rovina politica e morale dell'Europa rappresentata dai totalitarismi del Novecento. L'interrogativo, ora esplicito ora inespresso, di ciascun saggio riguarda proprio il legame impensato che tiene insieme un'epoca dai risvolti drammatici e quella tradizione politico-teologica di cui non ci riconosciamo eredi.

      I misteri dello Stato2005
    • The King's Two Bodies

      A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      First published in 1957, Ernst Kantorowicz's THE KING'S TWO BODIES traces the "King's two bodies", the body politic and the body natural, back to the Middle Ages. By placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, Kantorowicz demonstrates how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a "political theology". illustrations.

      The King's Two Bodies1990
      4.3
    • Frederick the Second

      • 656 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      A reissue of the bestselling life of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick the Second, with a new introduction by Dan Jones.

      Frederick the Second1973
      4.2