Chapter 1 The Origins of Medieval Political Ideas, c. 300 –c. 750; Chapter 2 The Growth of Specifically Medievalpolitical Ideas, c. 750–c. 1050; Chapter 3 Political Ideas in the High Middle Ages, c. 1050–c. 1290; Chapter 4 Political Ideas in the Late Middle Ages, c. 1290–c. 1450; Conclusion;
Joseph Canning is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is the author of The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis (1987).