Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 417 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781009075961
Content:
What was an "advocate" (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Lyon challenges the standard narrative of a "medieval" Europe of feudalism and lordship being replaced by a "modern" Europe of government, bureaucracy and the state. By focusing on the position of advocate, he argues for continuity in corrupt practices of justice and protection between 750 and 1800. This book traces the development of the role of church advocate from the Carolingian period onward and explains why this position became associated with the violent abuse of power on churches' estates. When other types of advocates became common in and around Germany after 1250, including territorial and urban advocates, they were not officeholders in developing bureaucracies. Instead, they used similar practices to church advocates to profit illicitly from their positions, which calls into question scholarly arguments about the decline of violent lordship and the rise of governmental accountability in European history.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316513743
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lyon, Jonathan R., 1974 - Corruption, protection and justice in medieval Europe Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ISBN 9781316513743
Language:
English
Keywords:
Deutsches Sprachgebiet
;
Recht
;
Gerechtigkeit
;
Rechtsausübung
;
Geschichte 750-1800
DOI:
10.1017/9781009075961
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Author information:
Lyon, Jonathan R. 1974-
