Download or read book The Gargantuan Polity written by Michael Randall and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gargantuan Polity examines political, legal, theological, and literary texts in the late Middle Ages, to show how individuals were defined by contracts of mutual obligation, which allowed rulers to hold power due to approval of their subjects.