Writings (1416-1432) : the struggle for the self-determination of Central Europe / Paweł Włodkowic ; translated by Prof. Charles S. Kraszewski ; introduction and edited by Prof. Paul W. Knoll ; foreword by Prof. Ewa Thompson.

Author/creator Włodkowic, Paweł author.
Format Book
PublicationRome : Angelicum University Press : Warsaw : Fundacja Świętego Mikołaja, 2023.
Description664 pages ; 22 cm
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Other author/creatorThompson, Ewa M. (Ewa Majewska), 1937- writer of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJq6X6cG9CT3xjmQQrW4bd
Other author/creatorKnoll, Paul W., writer of introduction, editor.
Other author/creatorKraszewski, Charles S., translator.
Other author/creatorCichocki, Marek A., compiler.
Other author/creatorAngelicum University Press, publisher.
Other author/creatorFundacja Świętego Mikołaja, publisher.
Portion of title Struggle for the self-determination of Central Europe
Contents 1. With Prussian infidels raging (Saevientibus, 1416) -- 2. Opinion of Ostiensis (Opinio Hostiensis, 1416) -- 3. Articles against the Prussian Knights of the Cross (Articuli contra Cruciferos de Prussia, 1416) -- 4. This tract (Iste Tractatus, 1417) -- 5. Because an error (Quoniam Error, 1417) -- 6. The eyes (Oculi, 1420) -- 7. To see clearly (Ad videndum, 1421) -- 8. Letter to the Bishop of Kraków (Ad episcopum Cracoviensem, 1432).
Abstract "Paweł Włodkowic and his Tractatus de potestae papae et imperatoris respectu infidelium (Treatise on the Power of the Pope and Emperor Respecting Infidels) presented during the Council of Constance (1414-1418) are the symbols of fundamental for shaping Polish political and social thought focused on the rights of people, their natural inclinations to forming communities subjected to natural law and the law of nations. At the same time, the context of the announcement of his dissertation evokes the greatest diplomatic victory of Poland in Europe at the turn of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, connected with the pivotal for the peaceful functioning of Central Europe conflict of the Polish-Lithuanian union with the Teutonic Order, whose representatives sought to convert the gentiles by force, and in practice often exterminate them. In the linguistic and substantive manner proper for that period, the scholastic treatise considers questions fundamental and universal for political and religious communities, which boil down to the following issues: Where is the boundary between the just and unjust use of force? What is the significance of the national right to freedom, existence and self-determination for the international peace? Today, we can consider Paweł Włodkowic's thought from the perspective that allows us to appreciate that this way of thinking eventually created conditions for the emergence of the modern concept of human rights and religious tolerance. Reinforcing the pragmatic and specific political goals that Włodkowic has faced with the original, humanist-Christian approach supported by the highest, in that historical period, scientific and intellectual standards has resulted in presenting the whole of Europe with such ideas that today can be appraised as Polish contribution to development European thought in the fifteenth century and that preceded Francis of Vittoria, one of the fathers of international law, by one century."--https://ksiegarnia.teologiapolityczna.pl/publikacje-obcojezyczne/458-pawel-wlodkowic-writings-1416-1432-english-.html
General note"Selection of Paweł Włodkowic's texts for the publication by Marek A. Cichocki"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9788367065443
ISBN8367065441 print
ISBNelectronic book
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