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1 online resource (ix, 392 pages) |
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Cover; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION. STATE: WORD AND CONCEPT; State as regime; State as commonwealth; 2. FRANKISH AND ANGLO-SAXON JUSTICE; The first courts; Grants of property and protection; Pleas before the king; Keeping the peace; Legal order; 'The state of the realm'; 3. THE COURTS OF LORDS AND TOWNSMEN; The growth of feudal society; Seignorial jurisdiction; Justice in the towns; Competitors for jurisdiction and power; The place of the king; 4. THE SPREAD OF THE ORGANIZED PEACE; The peace of God; The peace of the land; German Landfrieden; The territorial states of Germany |
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5. THE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS OF FRANCE AND ENGLANDJustice on complaint to the king of France; Stabilimenta; Justice by royal writ in England; 'Our state and our kingdom's'; 6. NEW HIGH COURTS AND REFORM OF THE REGIME; Complaints against officials; Plaints and reform of the status regni; The bill revolution and parlement; English parliaments; Petitioning parliament for justice; Statute-making; 7. THE LEGAL ORDERING OF 'THE STATE OF THE REALM'; Law-books, custom, and legislation; The law of land-holding; Property and liberty; Estates of people; The law of injuries and the public peace |
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8. THE MONARCHICAL STATE OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES'The state of the realm' and political continuity; 'The state of the king' and government for the common good; The contested state of Richard II; The king in the French body politic; France as l'état monarchique; 9. FROM LAW TO POLITICS: THE GENESIS OF 'THE MODERN STATE'; Comparing and criticizing states of commonwealths; State and sovereignty; Jean Bodin on the state; State, nation, and politics in France; The English 'Commonwealth and Free State'; 10. CONCLUSION: LAW AND THE STATE IN HISTORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Law codes, chronicles, and treatises |
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Records and dictionariesSecondary works; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
In this broad-ranging new study, Alan Harding challenges the orthodoxy that there was no state in the Middle Ages, arguing instead that it was precisely then that the concept acquired its force |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-367) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Law, Medieval.
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Law -- Europe -- History
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State, The -- History
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LAW -- Customary.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
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Law
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Law, Medieval
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State, The
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423767365 |
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9781423767367 |
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1280445912 |
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9781280445910 |
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