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Aliens in Medieval Law

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Aliens in Medieval Law The Origins of Modern Citizenship

Name: Aliens in Medieval Law
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521174077
Price: 554.71 HKD
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Author: Keechang Kim
ISBN: 9780521174077

By Keechang Kim

Cambridge University Press December 2010

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ISBN-13: 9780521174077
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 2010
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Originally published in 2000, this original reinterpretation of the legal status of foreigners in medieval England boldly rejects the canonical view which has for centuries dominated the imagination of historians and laymen alike.

Keechang Kim proposes an understanding of the genesis of the modern legal regime and the important distinction between citizens and non-citizens. Making full use of medieval and early modern sources, Kim offers a compelling argument that the late medieval changes in legal treatment of foreigners are vital to an understanding of the shift of focus from status to the State, and that the historical foundation of the modern state system should be sought in this shift of outlook.

The book contains a re-evaluation of the legal aspects of feudalism, examining, in particular, how the feudal legal arguments were transformed by the political theology of the Middle Ages to become the basis of the modern legal outlook.

Contents:: 1. Introduction; Part I. History:
2. Foreign merchants;
3. Foreign clerks;
4. Foreign religious houses;
5. Birth beyond the sea;
6. Faith and allegiance; Part II. Historiography:
7. Littleton, Rastell and Plowden;
8. Calvin's case (1608);
9. Conclusion.