title: Political Augustinianism: Modern Interpretations of Augustine's Political Thought
author:  Michael J. S. Bruno 
description: Michael J.S. Bruno earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He is Chair of the Department of Church History and Professor of Theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie, NY.
zlib_text: Augustine and the Art of Ruling in the Carolingian Imperial Period
  
  This volume is an investigation of how Augustine was received in the
  Carolingian period, and the elements of his thought which had an impact on
  Carolingian ideas of ‘state’, rulership and ethics. It focuses on Alcuin of
  York and Hincmar of Rheims, authors and political advisers to Charlemagne and
  to Charles the Bald, respectively. It examines how they used Augustinian
  political thought and ethics, as manifested in the De civitate Dei , to give
  more weight to their advice. A comparative approach sheds light on the
  differences between Charlemagne’s reign and that of his grandson. It
  scrutinizes Alcuin’s and Hincmar’s discussions of empire, rulership and the
  moral conduct of political agents during which both drew on the De civitate
  Dei , although each came away with a different understanding. By means of a
  philological–historical approach, the book offers a deeper reading and treats
  the Latin texts as political discourse