28 mai 2019
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
James A. Sharpe, « The Law, Law Enforcement, State Formation and National Integration in Late Medieval and Early Modern England », Presses de l’Université Saint-Louis, ID : 10.4000/books.pusl.19068
Considering the theme of 'national integration' must encourage us to pause slightly and ponder for a moment or two on some of the related issues. I would support the idea that we should focus on a phenomenon which is obviously related to national integration, that is, State formation. But of central importance here is the problem of how we propose to define the State. Obviously (and justifiably) most historians and other social scientists use the term in a fairly unproblematical way, employin...