서양 중세의 대의사상: 대표성의 실체에 대한 비판적 검토 = The Medieval Ideas of Political Representation: A Critical Examination of the Entities of the Representative Power

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the medieval ideas of political representation, the entities which represent the whole are two. One is the monarch, the other is the representative assembly. It is argued that the monarch or the representative assembly represented the whole body of the population by acting for the people in the exercise of public power. Contrary many scholars' argument, however, the medieval conception of political representation differs from the modern conception in the interpretation of the issues of who or what is entitled to represent the whole and who authorizes the entitlement.
In the Middle Ages. the monarch, as the head of the whole body politics, was to exercise the rights and discharge the duties of lordship. He was the political agent who exercised the power of the community in practice, but the monarchial power was given by God. Moreover, the roles of the medieval representative assembly in managing affairs of a state are limited and supplementary. As the representative assembly had the crown as the true head, the assembly could not sanction the arbitrary power of the crown.
Like the modern conception of political representation, in the medieval idea of political representation, there were definite conceptions of substitution for the performance of public action. But the representative power in the middle ages was never authorized by a recognition of the supremacy of the people. That is, the people was not entitled to have supreme power over the monarch or the assembly. The medieval conception did not include an understanding of popular sovereignty.
In addition, the examination of the conceptual components of political representation in Middle Ages helps to set out these characteristics of the medieval idea of political representation.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the medieval ideas of political representation, the entities which represent the whole are two. One is the monarch, the other is the representative assembly. It is argued that the monarch or the representative assembly represented the whole body of the population by acting for the people in the exercise of public power. Contrary many scholars' argument, however, the medieval conception of political representation differs from the modern conception in the interpretation of the issues of who or what is entitled to represent the whole and who authorizes the entitlement.
In the Middle Ages. the monarch, as the head of the whole body politics, was to exercise the rights and discharge the duties of lordship. He was the political agent who exercised the power of the community in practice, but the monarchial power was given by God. Moreover, the roles of the medieval representative assembly in managing affairs of a state are limited and supplementary. As the representative assembly had the crown as the true head, the assembly could not sanction the arbitrary power of the crown.
Like the modern conception of political representation, in the medieval idea of political representation, there were definite conceptions of substitution for the performance of public action. But the representative power in the middle ages was never authorized by a recognition of the supremacy of the people. That is, the people was not entitled to have supreme power over the monarch or the assembly. The medieval conception did not include an understanding of popular sovereignty.
In addition, the examination of the conceptual components of political representation in Middle Ages helps to set out these characteristics of the medieval idea of political representation.

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