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Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe (Hardcover, New edition)
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Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe (Hardcover, New edition)
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Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'.
Micro-sites, localities, empires as well as virtual or imaginary
spaces attract increasing attention. In most of these works, space
emerges as a social construct rather than a mere container. This
collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial
approaches for the political history of pre-industrial Europe.
Adopting a broad definition of 'political', the volume concentrates
on two key questions: Where did political exchange take place? How
did spatial dimensions affect political life in different periods
and contexts? Taken together, the essays demonstrate that
pre-modern Europeans made use of a much wider range of political
sites than is usually assumed - not just palaces, town halls and
courtrooms, but common fields as well as back rooms of provincial
inns - and that spatial dimensions provided key variables in
political life, both in terms of territorial ambitions and
practical governance and in the more abstract forms of patronage
networks, representations of power and the emerging public sphere.
As such, this book offers a timely and critical engagement with the
'spatial turn' from a political perspective. Focusing on the
distinct constitutional environments of England and the Holy Roman
Empire - one associated with early centralization and strong
parliamentary powers, the other with political fragmentation and
absolutist tendencies - it bridges the common gaps between late
medieval and early modern studies and those between historians and
scholars from other disciplines. Preface, commentary and a sketch
of research perspectives discuss the wider implications of the
essays' findings and reflect upon the value of spatial approaches
for political history as a whole.
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