| Empire and Order: The Concept of Empire, 800-1800 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Muldoon, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333650131 ISBN-13: 9780333650134 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 325.320 |
| LCCN: 99013305 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 209 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Empire is an evocative, yet little examined, word. It can mean the domination of vast territories, a Christian world order, a corrupt form of government, or a humanitarian endeavour. Historians relegate the concept of empire to the pre-modern world, identifying the state as the characteristic political form of the modern world. This book examines the range of meanings attributed to the concept of empire in the medieval and early modern world, demonstrating how the concepts of empire and state developed in parallel, not sequentially. |