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**Figgis, John Neville. Studies of Political Thought from Gerson to Grotius, 1414-1625. 2nd ed.
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**Ullmann, Walter. Medieval Papalism: The Political Theories of the Medieval Canonists. London:
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*Ullmann, Walter. A History of Political Thought: The Middle Ages. Revised ed. Harmondsworth:
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*Black, Antony. The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present. Edinburgh:
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**Tierney, Brian. Foundations of the Conciliar Theory: The Contribution of the Medieval Canonists from
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*Tierney, Brian. Religion, Law, and the Growth of Constitutional Thought, 1150-1650. Cambridge:
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**Tierney, Brian. The Idea of Natural Rights: Studies on Natural Rights, Natural Law, and Church
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**Tierney, Brian. Origins of Papal Infallibility, 1150-1350: A Study on the Concepts of Infallibility,
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*Tierney, Brian. "Medieval Canon Law and Western Constitutionalism." Catholic Historical
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*Tierney, Brian. "Hierarchy, Consent, and the 'Western Tradition'." Political Theory 15 (1987):
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*Oakley, Francis. The Political Thought of Pierre d'Ailly: The Voluntarist Tradition. New Haven:
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*Oakley, Francis. Politics and Eternity: Studies in the History of Medieval and Early-Modern Political
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