Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe

Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe

by Beat Kümin
Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe

Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe

by Beat Kümin

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Overview

This collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial approaches for the political history of preindustrial Europe. Adopting a broad definition of 'political', the volume concentrates on two key questions: Where did political exchange take place? And how did spatial dimensions affect political life in different periods and contexts?
Taken together, the essays demonstrate that premodern Europeans made use of a much wider range of political spaces than is usually assumed, and that spatial dimensions provided key variables in political life. By bridging common gaps between periods and disciplines, the volume offers a timely and critical engagement with the ‘spatial turn’ and a review of the potential and limits of spatial approaches for political history as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409480419
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 06/28/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 18 MB
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About the Author

Professor Beat Kümin is Director of Research, Department of History, University of Warwick, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface, James C. Scott; Introduction, Beat Kümin; Part I Political Sites: Representing political space at a political site: the Imperial Diets of the 16th century, Henry J. Cohn; The princely court and political space in early modern Europe, Ronald G. Asch; Drinking houses and the politics of surveillance in pre-industrial Southampton, James R. Brown; Politics, clubs and social space in pre-industrial Europe, Peter Clark; Political spaces and Parliamentary enclosure in an upland context: Cumbria c.1760–1840, Ian D. Whyte. Part II Spatial Politics: Political and geographical space: the geopolitics of medieval England, Christine Carpenter; Social space and urban conflict: unrest in the German imperial city of Esslingen am Neckar, Alexander Schlaak; The spatial dynamics of parish politics: topographies of tension in English communities, c.1350–1640, Steve Hindle and Beat Kümin; Petitioning places and the credibility of opinion in the public sphere in 17th-century England, David Zaret; Which Switzerland? Contrasting conceptions of the early modern Swiss Confederation in European maps and minds, Andreas Würgler; Outwitting power: bogus kings and officials in early modern England, Tobias B. Hug. Part III Outlook: Comment from a historical perspective, Bernard Capp; Spaces in theory, spaces in history and spatial historiographies, Mike Crang; Index.


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