{"product_id":"land-and-lordship-structures-of-governance-in-medieval-austria-hardcover","title":"Land and Lordship: Structures of Governance in Medieval Austria - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtto Brunner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHoward Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtto Brunner contends that prevailing notions of medieval social and constitutional history had been shaped by the nineteenth-century nation state and its \"liberal\" order. Whereas a sharp distinction between the public and the private might be appropriate to descriptions of contemporary society, such a dichotomy could not be projected back onto the Middle Ages. Focusing particularly on forms of lordship in late medieval Austria, Brunner found neither a \"state\" in the modern sense nor any distinction between the public and private spheres. Behind the apparent disorder of late medieval political life, however, Brunner discovered a coherent legal and constitutional order rooted in the the rights and obligations of noble lordship. In carefully reconstructing this order, Brunner's study weaves together social, legal, constitutional, and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 498\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130690637959,"sku":"9780812281835","price":129.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/be7dacbe948563aa105ea66cccdd1ded.webp?v=1732612973","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/land-and-lordship-structures-of-governance-in-medieval-austria-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}