Original Wraps. 8vo. [89-94] (ie. 8) . 25 cm. Offprint. “Sir John Fortescue and the Problem of Papal Power, ” in Medievalia et Humanistica, VII, 1952. Short essay by George Mosse on the conceptions of sovereignty, divine law, and natural law as reflected by English juridical scholars influenced by the papacy in the period before Henry VIII and the reformation; emphasis is on the works of Sir John Fortescue (1394-1480) , Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and the author of the De Laudibus Legum Angliae, an influential treatise on English law. Subjects: Sir John Fortescue – English Law – Papal Law. Conceptions of Soveriengty. None on oclc. Light shelf wear. Very good condition. (MOSS-1-21) Xxxx