PROPERTY AND POWER IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES.

DAVIES, Wendy, Paul Fouracre ( Edits.), David Ganz, Ian Wood, Janet L. Nelson, Wendy Davies.

ISBN 10: 052143419X / ISBN 13: 9780521434195

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995

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Large 8vo. pp xiv, 322. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine.ISBN: 052143419x Top edge slightly spotted, else excellent. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C61696

Bibliographic Details

Title: PROPERTY AND POWER IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This is a collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power, a fundamental theme in medieval history. It addresses four main issues: the meaning of power over property; the ways in which property conveyed power; the nature of immunities; and the power of royal authority to affect property relations. The areas studied include Wales, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Byzantium, and the essays range across the period 650-1150.

Book Description:

This is a collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power, a fundamental theme in medieval history, by largely the same team which produced The Settlement of Disputes in Early Medieval Europe (1986). It addresses four main issues: the meaning of power over property; the ways in which proprty conveyed power; the nature of immunities; and the power of royal authority to affect property relations. The areas studied include Wales, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Byzantium, and the essays range across the period 650-1150.