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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
influencedBy Aristotelian political theory
Christian theology NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
workOf medieval political philosophy of resistance
workTitleLanguage Latin

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William of Ockham wrote Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico