The Medieval Constitution of Liberty : Political Foundations of Liberalism in the West.

By: Salter, Alexander WilliamContributor(s): Young, Andrew TMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2023Copyright date: �2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472903351Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Medieval Constitution of LibertyLOC classification: JC574Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: The Historical Backdrop -- 2. The Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Barbarian West -- 3. The Carolingian Project -- 4. The Peace of God -- Part 2: The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History -- 5. Political Property Rights and Constitutional Bargaining -- 6. Sovereignty and Self-Enforcing Political Property Rights -- 7. Polycentric Sovereignty -- 8. Why Western Europe? Why Not Elsewhere? -- Part 3: The Medieval Institutions of Liberty -- 9. Representative Assemblies -- 10. The Self-Governing Medieval City -- Part 4: The Rise of the Nation-State -- 11. The Tragedy of the Medieval Anticommons? State Capacity and the Origins of Economic Growth -- 12. What State Capacity Cannot Do -- 13. Postscript: The Road Away from Polycentric Sovereignty -- Appendix: Historiographical Notes -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: The Historical Backdrop -- 2. The Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Barbarian West -- 3. The Carolingian Project -- 4. The Peace of God -- Part 2: The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History -- 5. Political Property Rights and Constitutional Bargaining -- 6. Sovereignty and Self-Enforcing Political Property Rights -- 7. Polycentric Sovereignty -- 8. Why Western Europe? Why Not Elsewhere? -- Part 3: The Medieval Institutions of Liberty -- 9. Representative Assemblies -- 10. The Self-Governing Medieval City -- Part 4: The Rise of the Nation-State -- 11. The Tragedy of the Medieval Anticommons? State Capacity and the Origins of Economic Growth -- 12. What State Capacity Cannot Do -- 13. Postscript: The Road Away from Polycentric Sovereignty -- Appendix: Historiographical Notes -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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