Medieval law and the foundations of the state / Alan Harding.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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State, Sociological jurisprudence -- History.

Law, Medieval.

Law -- Europe -- History.

State, The -- History.

1. Introduction. State: word and concept

2. Frankish and Anglo-Saxon justice

3. The Courts of the lord and townsmen

4. The Spread of the organized peace

5. The Judicial systems of France and England

6. New high coutrs and reform of the regime

7. The Legal ordering of the state of the realm

8. The Monarchical state of the later Middle Ages

9. From law to politics: the genesis of the modern state

10. Conclusion: Law and the state in history.

Includes bibliography and index.

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x, 392 p.