Land and Lordship - (Middle Ages) by Otto Brunner (Hardcover)
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- Otto Brunner contends that prevailing notions of medieval social and constitutional history had been shaped by the nineteenth-century nation state and its "liberal" order.
- Author(s): Otto Brunner
- 498 Pages
- Political Science, General
- Series Name: Middle Ages
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About the Book
Originally published in 1939 and available here in English, Land and Lordship has been one of the most influential works of the twentieth-century medieval scholarship.
Book Synopsis
Otto Brunner contends that prevailing notions of medieval social and constitutional history had been shaped by the nineteenth-century nation state and its "liberal" order. Whereas a sharp distinction between the public and the private might be appropriate to descriptions of contemporary society, such a dichotomy could not be projected back onto the Middle Ages. Focusing particularly on forms of lordship in late medieval Austria, Brunner found neither a "state" in the modern sense nor any distinction between the public and private spheres.
Behind the apparent disorder of late medieval political life, however, Brunner discovered a coherent legal and constitutional order rooted in the the rights and obligations of noble lordship. In carefully reconstructing this order, Brunner's study weaves together social, legal, constitutional, and intellectual history.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.06 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 498
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: General
Series Title: Middle Ages
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Otto Brunner
Language: English
Street Date: April 29, 1992
TCIN: 94399999
UPC: 9780812281835
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-5226
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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