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Examines the conceptual clarity and historical accuracy of John Pocock's scheme in investigating the continuities between medieval and early modern political thought in Europe. Placement of the theme of universality at the core of the translatio imperii perspective; Presence of an a prior character in Pocock's strict conceptual division between translatio imperii and Decline and Fall models; Reasons behind the importance of the limitations of Pocock's argument to the general historiography of political thought.