| Law, History, the Low Countries and Europe Contributor(s): Van Caenegem, R. C. (Author), Caenegem, R. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852850884 ISBN-13: 9781852850883 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2003 Annotation: R.C. Van Caenegem is the successor of Henri Pirenne and of F.L. Ganshof at the University of Ghent. These essays reflect Van Caenegem's main interests over his career: the Common Law in England and Customary Law in the Low Countries; the differences between institutional development in England and in the rest of Europe; and the forces making for autocratic as opposed to representative government. A number of pieces discuss the nature of history itself: how it compares with the sciences and what it can teach us. Two essays commemorate the lives and work of Pirenne and Ganshof. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - Literary Criticism - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 907.2 |
| LCCN: 94000455 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.09 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: R.C. Van Caenegem is the successor of Henri Pirenne and of F.L. Ganshof at the University of Ghent. These essays reflect Van Caenegem's main interests over his career: the Common Law in England and Customary Law in the Low Countries; the differences between institutional development in England and in the rest of Europe; and the forces making for autocratic as opposed to representative government. A number of pieces discuss the nature of history itself: how it compares with the sciences and what it can teach us. Two essays commemorate the lives and work of Pirenne and Ganshof. |