Aliens in Medieval Law
The Origins of Modern Citizenship
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Part of Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
- Author: Keechang Kim, Korea University Law School, Seoul
- Date Published: December 2000
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521800853
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This 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.
Read more- An intriguing interpretation of familiar materials
- Uses medieval legal documents to demonstrate the historical foundation of the modern legal and political arguments of liberty, equality and nationality
- Draws upon a wide range of manuscript or printed sources in English and in Continental European languages; all foreign language quotations are accompanied by an English translation
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Review of the hardback: '[His] general analysis of the redefinition of aliens in the move from Status to Stato/Etat/State [is] very original and very convincing.' Quentin Skinner
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- Date Published: December 2000
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521800853
- length: 264 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 157 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.52kg
- availability: Available
Table of 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.
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