The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government

Thomas N. BissonPrinceton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691169767

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The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government

Thomas N. BissonPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691169764 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691169767 · 2015

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Thomas N. Bisson examines the transformative shift in medieval governance, tracing the evolution of power from localized lordship to the structured administrative systems of the twelfth century. Through a meticulous analysis of political culture and social structures, the work argues that this period of crisis was a fundamental turning point that laid the essential foundations for the modern European state.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
2015
Pages: 720Language: English

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Author: Thomas N. Bisson

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