Constructing And Representing Territory In Late Medieval And Early Modern Europe
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Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that analysing the notion of territory in a premodern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The book not only examines the construction and spatial structure of premodern territories but also explores their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained glass windows to chronicles.
Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe
Author: Erika Graham-Goering
language: en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date: 2025-01-23
Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe rethinks the rise of modern European states as a process of decentralization. The idea that states made lordships obsolete is challenged by showing how the distribution of authority among local lords reinforced the development of new political systems.
Borders and the Politics of Space in Late Medieval Italy
Space matters. It situates our history, structures our daily lives, and often determines what we can and cannot do. Borders are central to this reality. This book explores how borders were understood, made, and encountered at the end of the Middle Ages, and what they can tell us about the spatial fabric of society at the threshold of modernity.