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18 septembre 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.psorbonne.32869
- isbn: 9782859446642
- eisbn: 9791035101695
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Occident médiéval contrat contrat politique pratique politique History Medieval & Renaissance Studies HIS037010 HBLCSujets proches
Frontier troubles Revival of letters Renaissance--Europe Renaissance--History Political thought Government Political theory Civil government Commonwealth, The Science, Political Administration Politics 19th century Annals Historiographers 15th century Communal lands Commons--Law and legislation Common lands Communal land Intra-state war Civil wars Rebellions Pickling Preserving West (Western countries) Western world Western nations OccidentCiter ce document
Caroline Burt, « King, Lords and Commons in Late Medieval England: A Contractual Relationship? », Publications de la Sorbonne, ID : 10.4000/books.psorbonne.32869
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By the fifteenth century, England had, in appearance at least, a very sophisticated and highly centralised system of government, together with a well developed consultative structure in the form of parliament. Yet the usurpations and civil wars which took place in the second half of the century would seem to belie any idea that this system could be effective in preserving governmental stability. Indeed, the Whig historians of the nineteenth century were clear that it did not do so: things, th...