Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Historiographies of the early European tradition: continuity and change -- The legacy of Walter Ullmann -- Quentin Skinner's state: historical methodology and the formation of a European tradition -- Pathologies of continuity: the neo-figgisites -- A middle path: Alexander Passerin D'entrèves -- Dissenting voices and the limits of power -- Toleration and community: functionalist foundations of liberty -- The royal will and the baronial bridle: the Bractonian contribution -- Political representation: modern theory and medieval practices -- For love and money: theorizing revolt in fourteenth-century Europe -- Republican self-governance and universal empire -- Brunetto Latini's commercial republicanism -- Marsiglio of Padua: between empire and republic -- Translatio Imperii: medieval and modern -- Christianity and republicanism: another look -- The virtues of necessity: economic principles of politics -- The origins of "policy" in twelfth-century England -- Economic liberty and the politics of wealth -- Money and community: Nicole Oresme -- Christine de Pizan's Expanding body politic -- Modern receptions of medieval ideas -- The persistence of economic nationalism: John Fortescue -- Virtue, foresight, and grace: Machiavelli's medieval moments -- Arguing sovereignty in the seventeenth century: Bracton's readers -- Hegel on the medieval foundations of the modern state -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…La lectura minuciosa de las imágenes de Lorenzetti permite a Skinner localizar la fuente de inspiración del artista en la recepción que en el Duecento y Trecento efectúan de la obra de Cicerón, Séneca, Salustio y otros clásicos de la República romana, los Guillaume Perrault, Giovanni da Viterbo o Brunetto Latini. Esto da pie para demostrar la existencia en el prerrenacimiento de una corriente de pensamiento que tendría en lo cívico el motivo central de su discurso político. …”