Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


средневековая политическая мысль

Persecution Ecclesiae: European «Tyrants» of the XII Century in the Works of John of Salisbury

The article analyses the works of John of Salisbury, a well- educated person, an English diplomat and a writer, who appertains to the outstanding personalities in the history of the medieval political conceptions. Having examined the works of Joann, the author studies his ideas of the royal power origin and functions. The author found out the names of people who John of Salisbury considered to be tyrants and the reasons for that.

Nugae Curialium: Criticism of Dispositions of the Courtiers in Political Thought of Twelfth Century England

This article deals with the problem of frivolities («nugae») in social and political life of England in the twelfth century. According to John of Salisbury’s «Policraticus of the frivolities of courtiers and the footprints of philosophers» («Policraticus sive de nugis curialium et vestigiis philosophorum», 1159) frivolities are the most significant part of «vita tyranni». Not only courtiers, but also kings, live without understanding of their great role in the state.