Lordship and the Decentralised State in Late Medieval Europe - Couverture rigide

 
9780197267844: Lordship and the Decentralised State in Late Medieval Europe
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019726784X ISBN 13 : 9780197267844
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2025

Synopsis

The origins of modern European states are often traced back to the expansion of royal and princely authority in the late Middle Ages, transforming scattered power structures into centralized governments.

Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe rethinks state formation as a process of decentralization, exploring how these governments willingly left power to lesser political players. It challenges the assumption that the rise of states made lordship obsolete, showing instead how distributing authority among local lords reinforced the development of new political systems.

The contributors tackle this fresh perspective on lordship and state formation from two complementary angles. Detailed snapshots of lordship in France and the Low Countries assess the political significance of different aspects of lordly power. Historiographical essays discuss frameworks for understanding relationships between lordship and the state in contexts across Europe. These comparative perspectives establish an innovative approach to a key question in political history.

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À propos de l?auteur

Erika Graham-Goering is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History at the University of Oslo.


Jim van der Meulen is a social historian at Ghent University with a broad specialisation in the Low Countries between 1300 and 1700, combining expertise in political, socio-economic, cultural, and environmental history.


Frederik Buylaert, Professor of History at Ghent University, is a social historian of the Low Countries with a side interest in comparative history and the history of historiography.


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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019726784X
ISBN 13 
9780197267844
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
316
Éditeur
Graham-Goering Erika, Van Der Meulen Jim, Buylaert Frederik
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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