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John of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the Little"), [1] was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres. Among all the distinguished figures of his age (he) stands out as the most notable representative of that revival of learning which gave the ...
Policraticus or Polycraticus is a work by John of Salisbury, written around 1159. Sometimes called the first complete medieval work of political theory , [ 1 ] it belongs, at least in part, to the genre of advice literature addressed to rulers known as " mirrors for princes ", but also breaks from that genre by offering advice to courtiers and ...
John of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the Little"), [1] was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres.
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and 5th and 2nd Baron Montagu, KG (c. 1350 – 7 January 1400) was an English nobleman, one of the few who remained loyal to Richard II after Henry IV became king. [ 1 ]
The same aphorism was attributed to Bernard of Chartres by John of Salisbury, who in 1159 wrote: Bernard of Chartres used to compare us to dwarfs perched on the shoulders of giants. He pointed out that we see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft ...
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397) John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1350–1400) (forfeit 1400) Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388–1428) (restored 1421, although styled and summoned to parliament as such from at least 1409) Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury (1407–1462)
John Marshal (also referred to as John FitzGilbert, died 22 July 1165), was a minor nobleman of Anglo-Norman origins who served as marshal of England and fought in the 12th-century civil war on the side of Empress Matilda.
1517: John Abarough, MP for Salisbury, 1515 and 1523 [10] 1520–21: Thomas Brodegate, MP for Salisbury, 1515 [11] 1528: Robert South, MP for Salisbury, 1536 and 1539 ...