Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico

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Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico is a political treatise by the medieval philosopher William of Ockham that critiques tyrannical rule and defends limits on secular and ecclesiastical power.

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instanceOf medieval Latin work ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
addresses conditions under which rulers become tyrants ⓘ
legitimacy of political authority ⓘ
relationship between spiritual and temporal power ⓘ
associatedWith conflict between papacy and empire ⓘ
medieval political thought ⓘ
author William of Ockham ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 14th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
critiques abuse of ecclesiastical power ⓘ
abuse of political power ⓘ
tyrannical rule ⓘ
defends limits on ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
limits on secular authority ⓘ
rights of subjects against tyrants ⓘ
discusses criteria for just rule ⓘ
distinction between legitimate prince and tyrant ⓘ
fieldOfStudy history of political thought ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
hasForm prose treatise ⓘ
hasPerspective anti‑absolutist ⓘ
pro‑constitutional limits on rulers ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelian political theory ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
canon law debates ⓘ
intendedAudience educated lay rulers ⓘ
learned clerics ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject limits of ecclesiastical power ⓘ
limits of secular power ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
resistance to tyrants ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
partOf William of Ockham's political writings ⓘ
philosophicalSchool nominalism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme justice in governance ⓘ
moral limits on obedience ⓘ
natural law and political obligation ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Scholasticism ⓘ
workOf medieval political philosophy of resistance ⓘ
workTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ

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William of Ockham → wrote → Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico ⓘ
Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico → hasTitleInLanguage → Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico ⓘ