Jonathan R. Lyon (University of Chicago)

Broschiertes Buch

Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe

Beschreibung

Challenging the standard narrative of a â medievalâ Europe of feudalism and lordship being replaced by a â modernâ Europe of government, bureaucracy and the state, this book argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800, focusing on the position of advocate.

Autor

Jonathan R. Lyon is Professor of History at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. He has previously held fellowships from the Humboldt Foundation and the Austrian Science Fund. He is the author of Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250 (2013), which won the 2017 John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America, and Noble Society: Five Lives from Twelfth-Century Germany (2017).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781009074711
• ISBN-10: 1009074717
• Artikelnr.: 74435287