Sacred Foundations : : The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State / / Anna M. Grzymała-Busse.

How the medieval church drove state formation in EuropeSacred Foundations argues that the medieval church was a fundamental force in European state formation. Existing accounts focus on early modern warfare or contracts between the rulers and the ruled. In contrast, this major study shows that the C...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 20 b/w illus. 17 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one. The Medieval Setting
  • Chapter two. Rivalry and Fragmentation
  • Chapter three. Governing Institutions
  • Chapter four. Law and Learning
  • Chapter five. Parliaments and Representation
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Data and Robustness Tests
  • References
  • Index
  • A note on the type