Name: Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe
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Author: Erika Graham-Goering;Jim van der Meulen;Frederik Buylaert
ISBN: 9780197267844

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Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Author

Erika Graham-Goering;Jim van der Meulen;Frederik Buylaert

Collection

Proceedings of the British Academy

Year

2025

Pages

316

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24x16.2x2.4 cm

ISBN13

9780197267844

Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe

Erika Graham-Goering;Jim Van Der Meulen;Frederik Buylaert (Author) · Oxford University Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe"

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.

The origins of modern European states are often traced back to the expansion of royal and princely authority in the late Middle Ages, transforming scattered power structures into centralized governments. Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe rethinks state formation as a process of decentralization, exploring how these governments willingly left power to lesser political players. It challenges the assumption that the rise of states made lordship obsolete, showing instead how distributing authority among local lords reinforced the development of new political systems.The contributors tackle this fresh perspective on lordship and state formation from two complementary angles. Detailed snapshots of lordship in France and the Low Countries assess the political significance of different aspects of lordly power. Historiographical essays discuss frameworks for understanding relationships between lordship and the state in contexts across Europe. These comparative perspectives establish an innovative approach to a key question in political history.