Medieval law and the foundations of the state
By: Alan Harding.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Law, Medieval.; Law -- Europe -- History.; State, The -- History.
Description: In this broad-ranging new study, Alan Harding challenges the orthodoxy that there was no state in the Middle Ages, arguing instead that it was precisely then that the concept acquired its force.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-367) and index.