LEADER 03463nam 2200601I 450 001 9910725984303321 005 20230420093758.0 010 $a9780472903351 010 $a0472903357 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.11991074 035 $a(CKB)26810981100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30550474 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30550474 035 $a(NjHacI)9926810981100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1374322033 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_112295 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11991074 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926810981100041 100 $a20230420h20232023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe medieval constitution of liberty $epolitical foundations of liberalism in the West /$fAlexander William Salter and Andrew T. Yang 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (311 pages) 311 08$a9780472056019 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 1. The Historical Backdrop -- Part 2. The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History -- Part 3. The Medieval Institutions of Liberty -- Part 4. The Rise of the Nation-State. 330 3 $aWhy did enduring traditions of economic and political liberty emerge in Western Europe and not elsewhere? Representative democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law are crucial for establishing a just and prosperous society, which we usually treat as the fruits of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, as Western European societies put the Dark Ages behind them. In The Medieval Constitution of Liberty, Salter and Young point instead to the constitutional order that characterized the High Middle Ages. They provide a historical account of how this constitutional order evolved following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This account runs from the settlements of militarized Germanic elites within the imperial frontiers, to the host of successor kingdoms in the sixth and seventh centuries, and through the short-lived Carolingian empire of the late eighth and ninth centuries and the so-called "feudal anarchy" that followed its demise. Given this unique historical backdrop, Salter and Young consider the resulting structures of political property rights. They argue that the historical reality approximated a constitutional ideal type, which they term polycentric sovereignty. Salter and Young provide a theoretical analysis of polycentric sovereignty, arguing that bargains between political property rights holders within that sort of constitutional order will lead to improvements in governance 606 $aLiberalism$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aNation-state$xHistory 606 $aConstitutional history$zEurope 606 $aConstitutional history$zHoly Roman Empire 606 $aLiberty$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$xHistory 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 615 0$aNation-state$xHistory. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aLiberty$xHistory. 676 $a320.51094 700 $aSalter$b Alexander William$01364741 701 $aYoung$b Andrew T$0292626 801 0$bEYM 801 1$bEYM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910725984303321 996 $aThe Medieval Constitution of Liberty$93386234 997 $aUNINA