2 options
Law, history, the Low Countries, and Europe / R.C. van Caenegem ; edited by Ludo Milis [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caenegem, R. C. van, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Historiography.
- Law--Europe--History.
- Law.
- Customary law--Europe--History.
- Customary law.
- Benelux countries--History.
- Benelux countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Rio Grande [Ohio] : Hambledon Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- R.C. Van Caenegem is the successor of Henri Pirenne and of F.L. Ganshof at the University of Ghent. These essays reflect Van Caenegem's main interests over his career: the Common Law in England and Customary Law in the Low Countries; the differences between institutional development in England and in the rest of Europe; and the forces making for autocratic as opposed to representative government. A number of pieces discuss the nature of history itself: how it compares with the sciences and what it can teach us. Two essays commemorate the lives and work of Pirenne and Ganshof.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; Bibliography of R.C. Van Caenegem; 1 History and Experiment; 2 Modern Historiography: A Science without Experiment; 3 Clio and the Humanities: Alma Mater and Prodigal Sons?; 4 Reflections on the History of England; 5 Parliament: A European Deviation?; 6 The Sources of Flemish History in the Liber Floridus; 7 Considerations on the Customary Law of Twelfth-Century; 8 The Ghent Revolt of February 1128; 9 The Pacification of Ghent; 10 Bookish Law and Customary Law: Roman Law in the Southern; 11 Witchcraft in the Low Countries
- 12 Chivalrous Ideals and Religious Feeling13 Henri Pirenne: Medievalist and Historian of Belgium; 14 F.L. Ganshof; Index; Tabula Gratulatoria
- Notes:
- "Bibliography of R.C. van Caenegem, 1951-94": p. [xiii]-xxiii.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613202741
- 9781283202749
- 1283202743
- 9781441113061
- 1441113061
- OCLC:
- 741691079
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.