Policraticus Of the Frivolities of Courtiers and the Footprints of Philosophers

John of Salisbury (c.1115–1180) was the foremost political theorist of his age. The Policraticus is his main work, and is regarded as the first complete work of political theory to be written in the Latin Middle Ages. Cary Nederman’s new edition and translation, the only available version in English, is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of the history of political thought and medieval history. His new translation shows how important this text is in understanding the mores, forms of conduct and beliefs of the most powerful and learned segments of twelfth-century Western Europe.John of Salisbury is the author of 'Policraticus Of the Frivolities of Courtiers and the Footprints of Philosophers', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521367011 and ISBN 0521367018.