The Medieval Constitution of Liberty: Political Foundations of Liberalism in the West
Autor Alexander William Salter, Andrew T. Youngen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 aug 2023
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780472056019
ISBN-10: 0472056018
Pagini: 310
Ilustrații: 4 figures, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
ISBN-10: 0472056018
Pagini: 310
Ilustrații: 4 figures, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
Colecția University of Michigan Press
Notă biografică
Alexander William Salter is Georgie G. Snyder Associate Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University.
Andrew T. Young is Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University.
Andrew T. Young is Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part 1: The Historical Backdrop
2. The Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Barbarian West
3. The Carolingian Project
4. The Peace of God
Part 2: The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History
5. Political Property Rights and Constitutional Bargaining
6. Sovereignty and Self-Enforcing Political Property Rights
7. Polycentric Sovereignty
8. Why Western Europe? Why Not Elsewhere?
Part 3: The Medieval Institutions of Liberty
9. Representative Assemblies
10. The Self-Governing Medieval City
Part 4: The Rise of the Nation-State
11. The Tragedy of the Medieval Anticommons?
12. What State Capacity Cannot Do
13. Postscript: The Road Away from Polycentric Sovereignty
14. Appendix: Historiographical Notes
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part 1: The Historical Backdrop
2. The Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Barbarian West
3. The Carolingian Project
4. The Peace of God
Part 2: The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History
5. Political Property Rights and Constitutional Bargaining
6. Sovereignty and Self-Enforcing Political Property Rights
7. Polycentric Sovereignty
8. Why Western Europe? Why Not Elsewhere?
Part 3: The Medieval Institutions of Liberty
9. Representative Assemblies
10. The Self-Governing Medieval City
Part 4: The Rise of the Nation-State
11. The Tragedy of the Medieval Anticommons?
12. What State Capacity Cannot Do
13. Postscript: The Road Away from Polycentric Sovereignty
14. Appendix: Historiographical Notes
Recenzii
“The Medieval Constitution of Liberty is a superb book. It begins with a short tour through the Maddison data. From 1 AD to 1600, income per capita was virtually flat. But starting in the late 18th century forward, the west grew by a factor between 30 and 45. Known variously as the ‘European Miracle,’ the Great Enrichment, or the hockey stick of economic growth, the ‘disparity between the West and the rest is the salient social fact of modernity.’ Salter and Young argue that the West’s political and economic liberty which began in the early Middle Ages, but especially the High Middle Ages, helps explain this fundamental fact of modernity. Liberty, in turn, requires a ‘polycentric’ approach to governance, that is, multiple sources of power, constitutions, and other political institutions. Medieval assemblies, for example, that in some Western European countries much later would become a source of representative institutions, often began as creatures of the monarch for purposes of addressing collective action problems, credible commitment problems, and coordination problems."
“The Medieval Constitution of Liberty is ambitious and thought-provoking. It tackles, with erudition, one of the enduring puzzles of modern history—the origins of Western constitutions and norms of liberty. It also wisely rejects both theories that put the strength of the state and elites as the driving force and also those that see a special role for European culture. I recommend this fascinating book strongly.”
"Salter and Young trace the unique connection between good governance and wealth creation in the West leading up to the High Middle Ages. Although modern equality before the law necessitated the weakening of intermediate institutions, the contemporary lesson points to the value of pluralism in the maintenance of political and economic liberty."
"The Medieval Constitution of Liberty intelligently addresses issues that are essential to understand the development of individual liberty. It provides interesting information on the Middle Ages and it suggests a healthy skepticism toward the "state capacity" intellectual fad."
“The Medieval Constitution of Liberty is ambitious and thought-provoking. It tackles, with erudition, one of the enduring puzzles of modern history—the origins of Western constitutions and norms of liberty. It also wisely rejects both theories that put the strength of the state and elites as the driving force and also those that see a special role for European culture. I recommend this fascinating book strongly.”
"Salter and Young trace the unique connection between good governance and wealth creation in the West leading up to the High Middle Ages. Although modern equality before the law necessitated the weakening of intermediate institutions, the contemporary lesson points to the value of pluralism in the maintenance of political and economic liberty."
"The Medieval Constitution of Liberty intelligently addresses issues that are essential to understand the development of individual liberty. It provides interesting information on the Middle Ages and it suggests a healthy skepticism toward the "state capacity" intellectual fad."
Descriere
Locating the roots of western liberal democracy in the late medieval period rather than the Age of Enlightenment