edited by Karolina Anna Mroziewicz and Aleksander Sroczynski
Amsterdam University Press, 2017
Cloth: 978-94-6298-331-1 | eISBN: 978-90-485-3328-2
Library of Congress Classification JC375.P74 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.1

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
In the medieval period, the monarch was seen as the embodiment of the community of his kingdom, the body politic. And while we've long since shed that view, it nonetheless continues to influence our understanding of contemporary politics. This book offers thirteen case studies from premodern and contemporary Europe that demonstrate the process through which political corporations-bodies politic-were and continue to be constructed and challenged. Drawing on history, archaeology, literary criticism, and art history, the contributors survey a wide geographical and chronological spectrum to offer a panoramic view of these dynamic political entities.

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