Making of Polities Europe, 1300-1500

Name: Making of Polities Europe, 1300-1500
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ISBN: 9780521796644

ISBN-10: 0521796644

ISBN-13: 9780521796644

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Watts

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This major survey of political life in late medieval Europe provides a new framework for understanding the developments that shaped this turbulent period. Rather than emphasizing crisis and decline, this account centres on the mixed results of political and governmental growth across the continent.

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 484
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



List of maps


Acknowledgements



Introduction


Historiography


Three grand narratives


Social and economic crisis


War and disorder


The rise of the state


Structures



Europe in 1300: the political inheritance


Forms of government and resistance


Empires


Kings and kingdoms, lords and principalities


Communes and leagues


Churches


Conclusion


Forms of political culture


Ideas and discourses


Communication


Networks



The fourteenth century


The course of events


c.1300-c.1340


c.1340-c.1400


Conclusion


The growth of government


Justice and law


Military service


Taxation


Representation


Administration and office


Informal structures


Political thinking and writing


Government and political life


Conflicts of jurisdiction


Conflicts of political community


Resoultion



The fifteenth century


The course of events


c.1400-c.1450


c.1450-c.1500


Co-ordination and consolidation: the regnal polity


Political culture


Developments in government


The practice of politics



Conclusion


Bibliographical notes


Index