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Inspired by the social theories of Max Weber, David d'Avray asks in what senses medieval religion was rational and, in doing so, proposes a new approach to the study of the medieval past. Applying ideas developed in his companion volume on Rationalities in History, he explores how values, instrumental calculation, legal formality and substantive rationality interact and the ways in which medieval beliefs were strengthened by their mutual connections, by experience, and by mental images. He sheds new light on key themes and figures in medieval religion ranging from conversion, miracles and the ideas of Bernard of Clairvaux to Trinitarianism, papal government and Francis of Assisi's charismatic authority. This book shows how values and instrumental calculation affect each other in practice and demonstrates the ways in which the application of social theory can be used to generate fresh empirical research as well as new interpretative insights

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Francis I and the Just War Doctrine -- War in the Old Testament -- Deuteronomy -- Holy Wars not Just Wars -- When Men Wage Just War -- Hebrew Wars and God's Intentions -- War and Legal Authority -- Wartime Atrocities -- Canon Lawyers -- Gratian -- Saint Raymond of Peñafort -- St. Augustine: Father of the Just War Doctrine -- Just War in the Early Middle Ages -- Innocent I -- Urban II -- Bernard of Clairvaux -- John of Salisbury -- Thomas Á Becket -- Bologna School of Jurisprudence -- Innocent III -- Bartolus de Saxoferrato -- John of Legnano -- Pierino Belli -- Saint Thomas Aquinas -- St. Thomas and St. Augustine -- Jus ad Bellum -- Jus in Bello -- Legacy -- Later Medieval Philosophers -- Marsilius of Padua -- Alberico Gentili -- Conclusion -- Vitoria and International Law -- Spanish Just War Thinking of the 16th Century -- Francisco Suarez -- Domingo de Soto -- Luis de Molina -- Balthasar de Ayala -- Gregory de Valentia -- Juan de Mariana -- Saint Robert Bellarmine -- Alphonsus Liguori -- In Conclusion -- What Is Just War Doctrine -- The New Theory of Warfare -- Catholic Revisionism -- References -- About the Authors -- Index -- Blank Page.

This article examines the sources from Ancient philosophy used by Bernard Manin in The principles of representative government, on which he based the main arguments of his political theory. Manin, almost in an unspoken way, will occasionally return – both in his own reflections and through engagement in dialogue with others – to diverse interpretations of Athenian democracy that arise controversy to the meaning of his work. This results in an endorsement of the validity of Athenian democracy as a model case for the understanding of modern democracies. This article points out, firstly, that both the author and his work are criss-crossed by an intellectual tension of a marked philosophical and political character; secondly, that this tension, along with the discussions over a definition of what is a good democracy, opens a space for clarification of those controversies. The disputes, we will conclude, are not the result of misunderstandings; or if they are, they make sense in Bernard Manin's own text. ; Este artículo analiza las fuentes que Bernard Manin recupera de la filosofía antigua y sobre las que sustenta los argumentos de una parte de su teoría política, contenida fundamentalmente en su obra: Los principios del gobierno representativo. Tanto en sus reflexiones como en el diálogo con otros, Manin volverá en ocasiones, casi siempre de forma poco explícita, a lecturas de la democracia ateniense sobre las que surgen controversias por el sentido de su trabajo, manteniendo de ese modo su vigencia para la comprensión del presente. En este artículo se mostrará que tanto el autor como su obra están atravesados por una tensión intelectual de un marcado carácter filosófico y político y que, entre dicha tensión y las disputas por una definición de qué es una buena democracia, se dibuja un espacio que arroja luz sobre tales controversias. Las controversias, concluiremos, no son resultado de malos entendidos; o si lo son, cobran sentido en el propio texto de Bernard Manin.