2018/09/11 by Robert E. Lerner · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
paper · doi:10.23943/princeton/9780691183022.003.0025
openalex publication_date 2018/09/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This chapter focuses on Ernst Kantorowicz's masterpiece, <italic>The King's Two Bodies</italic> . The composition of <italic>The King's Two Bodies</italic> extended from 1945 to 1955, a time when Kantorowicz was at the peak of his scholarly powers. The book was “enthusiastically approved” by Princeton University Press' editorial board in November 1953, went into production in 1956, and announced for appearance in spring 1957. One reason why it took Kantorowicz so long to write the book is that he was learning to use sources that were new to him—legal sources. The book is also long (550 pages, crammed with reduced-font footnotes).