Crisp, bright pages; square, secure binding; hard cover bears a short surface wrinkle along the right front edge, minor edge crimping at spine ends, and a few tiny points of wear at extremities, otherwise excellent.

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Title

Law and Sovereignty in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Publisher

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Publication Date

2011

Language

English

ISBN 10

2503533094

ISBN 13

9782503533094

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Near Fine

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Sovereignty, law, and the relationship between them are now among the most compelling topics in history, philosophy, literature and art. Some argue that the state's power over the individual has never been more complete, while for others, such factors as globalization and the internet are subverting traditional political forms. This book exposes the roots of these arguments in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The thirteen contributions investigate theories, fictions, contestations, and applications of sovereignty and law from the Anglo-Saxon period to the seventeenth century, and from England across western Europe to Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. Particular topics include: Habsburg sovereignty, Romance traditions in Arthurian literature, the duomo in Milan, the political theories of Juan de Mariana and of Richard Hooker, Geoffrey Chaucer's legal problems, the accession of James I, medieval Jewish women, Elizabethan diplomacy, Anglo-Saxon political subjectivity, and medieval French farce. Together these contributions constitute a valuable overview of the history of medieval and Renaissance law and sovereignty in several disciplines. They will appeal to not only to political historians, but also to all those interested in the histories of art, literature, religion, and culture.

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Robert Sturges is Professor of English at Arizona State University, where he teaches late medieval literature and literary theory.

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