The Polycraticus

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Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Nicholas Vincent

as a treatise on politics in which the author declares that it is a duty to slay a tyrant.

Mentioned by

Anne Lawrence-Mathers

as a book of political advice where John of Salisbury records an unnamed high official consulting a diviner and palm reader.

Mentioned by

Anne Lawrence-Mathers

in which John of Salisbury records that an unnamed high official did the wrong thing in consulting a diviner and a palm reader.

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