ISBN10: 0198228732, ISBN13: 9780198228738, [publisher: Clarendon Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 1988]

Oxford, England OUP Oxford 1988 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 464 p.

Oxford, England OUP Oxford 1988 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 464 p.

ISBN10: 0198228732, ISBN13: 9780198228738, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. This is a study of two topics of central importance in late medieval history: the impact of war, and the control of disorder. Making war and making law were the twin goals of the state, and the author examines the effect of the evolution of royal government in England and France. Ranging broadly between 1000 and 1400, he focuses principally on the period c.1290 to c.1360, and compares developments in the two countries in four related areas: the economic andpolitical costs of war; the development of royal justice; the crown's attempt to control private violence; and the relationship between public opinion and government action. He argues that as France sufferednear breakdown under repeated English invasions, the authority of the crown became more acceptable to the internal warring factions; whereas the English monarchy, unable to meet the expectations for internal order which arose partly from its own ambitious claims to be `keeper of the peace', had to devolve much of its judicial powers. In these linked problems of war, justice, and public order may lie the origins of English `constitutionalism' and French `absolutism'. A study of two topics of central importance in late medieval history: the impact of war, and the control of disorder. The author examines the effect of the evolution of royal government in England and France. Ranging ...

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ISBN10: 0198228732, ISBN13: 9780198228738, [publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford, New York] Hardcover First Edition 451pp, inc. index, dj near new, Book & Text, Dark Blue/Gilt at spine clean sharp corners, tight binding, Text is clean with no marks or tears. only mark is signed and inscribed with initials by author on ffep. 8vo.
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ISBN10: 0198228732, ISBN13: 9780198228738, [publisher: Clarendon Press] Hardcover First Edition an unread hardcover with some shelf/handling wear
[Concord, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1988]

Clarendon Press, Date: 1988. 464 pp., Hardcover, faint age-toning to page edges else very good in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. 1988. Clarendon Press ISBN 0198228732 9780198228738 [US]