Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ... Siedentop has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has explained us to ourselves
Spectator
One of the most stimulating books of political theory to have appeared in many years ... a refreshingly unorthodox account of the roots of modern liberalism in medieval Christian thinking
John Gray, Literary Review
A brave, brilliant and beautifully written defence of the western tradition
Paul Lay, History Today
Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ... Siedentop has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has explained us to ourselves
Spectator
One of the most stimulating books of political theory to have appeared in many years ... a refreshingly unorthodox account of the roots of modern liberalism in medieval Christian thinking
John Gray, Literary Review
A brave, brilliant and beautifully written defence of the western tradition
Paul Lay, History Today
Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ... Siedentop has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has explained us to ourselves
Spectator
One of the most stimulating books of political theory to have appeared in many years ... a refreshingly unorthodox account of the roots of modern liberalism in medieval Christian thinking
John Gray, Literary Review
A brave, brilliant and beautifully written defence of the western tradition