Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91)

Project Title

Politics and Eternity

Williams College

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Fellowship Work Summary, 1990–91

Francis Oakley finished the first draft of a book for Oxford University Press tentatively titled "The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition: An Historical Perspective." In addition, he pursued bibliographic work for a future book which will focus on late medieval political thought.

Community of Learning: The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition

Empty Bottles of Gentilism: Kingship and the Divine in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (to 1050)

Politics and Eternity: Studies in the History of Medieval and Early-Modern Political Thought

The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church, 1300-1870

The Leadership Challenge of a College Presidency: Meaning, Occasion, and Voice

The Mortgage of the Past: Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050-1300)

The Watershed of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)