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War, Justice and Public Order - England and France in the Later Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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War, Justice and Public Order - England and France in the Later Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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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 and political 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 suffered near 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'.
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