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John of Salisbury
John of Salisbury (c. 1120 – 1180), English author, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, was born at Salisbury. Beyond the fact that he was of Saxon, not of Norman extraction, and applied to himself the c...
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John of Salisbury (ca. John of Salisbury was born between 1115 and 1120 at Old Sarum near present day Salisbury, England. Little is know about his family circumstances, but they appear not to have been well off, as John bemoaned his relative poverty throughout his life.
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Selections from this work of political philosophy by John of Salisbury. Translated by John Dickinson. Source: The Statesman’s Book of John of Salisbury. Translated by John Dickinson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
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John of Salisbury was one of the most cultured scholars of his day. Notwithstanding the engrossing cares of his diplomatic career, his great learning and indefatigable industry enabled him to carry on an extensive and lifelong correspondence on literary, For John of Salisbury and the Bull "Laudabiliter", see ADRIAN IV.
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Selection from Salisbury's Statesman's Book, translated by John Dickinson. Source: The Statesman’s Book of John of Salisbury. Translated by John Dickinson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927;
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from: The Letters of John of Salisbury, vol. II: 1163-1180. Edited and translated by W. J. Millor and C. N. L. Brooke.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on John of Salisbury: one of the best Latinists of his age, who was secretary to Theobald and Thomas Becket, archbishops of Canterbury, and who became bishop of Chartres. contribution to political philosophy ( in political philosophy: John of Salisbury )
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The STATESMAN'S BOOK of JOHN OF SALISBURY The Policraticus of John of Salisbury is the earliest elaborate mediæval treatise on politics.2 Completed in 1159, the date of its composition makes it a landmark in the history of political speculation for two reasons.
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John of Salisbury (c. 1120 – 1180), English author, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, was born at Salisbury. Beyond the fact that he was of Saxon, not of Norman extraction, and applied to himself the cognomen of Parvus, "short," or "small," few details are known regarding his early...
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