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Medieval law and the foundations of the state / Alan Harding.
LIBRA KJ147 .H37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harding, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law, Medieval.
- Law--Europe--History.
- Law.
- Europe.
- History.
- State, The--History.
- State, The.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 392 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- "The State" is the most powerful of political ideas but where does it come from? This broad-ranging new study traces the history of the word and the concept back to the systems of law and justice created by medieval kings and shows how legal institutions acquired political force.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-367) and index.
- ISBN:
- 019821958X
- OCLC:
- 47224405
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