4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Australian historian of medieval thought who has written on Peter Abelard and Heloise and the broader intellectual culture of the 12th century.
American philosopher and philologist who produces baroque scholarly works at the intersection of philosophy, philology, legal history, and medieval studies.
French philosopher who analyzed how knowledge systems are constituted by relations of power (power/knowledge), developed genealogical method as an alternative to traditional history of ideas, and analyzed the disciplinary mechanisms by which modern societies produce docile subjects.
British intellectual historian who co-founded the Cambridge School of the history of political thought — arguing that political texts must be understood in their historical context of linguistic conventions and political argument.