Book contents
- Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe
- Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- 1 The First “Medieval” Advocates
- 2 Putting Down Roots in Ninth-Century Francia
- 3 The “Aristocratization” of Post-Carolingian Advocacy
- 4 Elite Competition at the Turn of the First Millennium
- 5 The Limits of Church Reform
- 6 Pigs and Sheep, Beer and Wine, Pennies and Pounds
- 7 A History of Violence
- 8 Weapons of the Not-So-Weak
- 9 The Murder of Archbishop Engelbert
- 10 Widening the Lens
- 11 The Emperor as Vogt, ca. 1000–1500
- 12 From Lordship to Government?
- 13 Reframing the History of Violence
- 14 Crossing the False Divide
- 15 A Cultural History of the Rapacious Advocate, or: William Tell’s Revenge
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2022
Book contents
- Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe
- Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- 1 The First “Medieval” Advocates
- 2 Putting Down Roots in Ninth-Century Francia
- 3 The “Aristocratization” of Post-Carolingian Advocacy
- 4 Elite Competition at the Turn of the First Millennium
- 5 The Limits of Church Reform
- 6 Pigs and Sheep, Beer and Wine, Pennies and Pounds
- 7 A History of Violence
- 8 Weapons of the Not-So-Weak
- 9 The Murder of Archbishop Engelbert
- 10 Widening the Lens
- 11 The Emperor as Vogt, ca. 1000–1500
- 12 From Lordship to Government?
- 13 Reframing the History of Violence
- 14 Crossing the False Divide
- 15 A Cultural History of the Rapacious Advocate, or: William Tell’s Revenge
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
This brief conclusion ties the arguments of this book to modern anticorruption campaigns and to ongoing challenges to good governance around the world. It argues that the standard narrative - of Europe transitioning from a dark and violent medieval period to a modern period of strong states and good government – is misleading because it downplays or ignores persistent challenges around local corrupt practices of justice and protection across the period 750 to 1800.
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- Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval EuropeA Thousand-Year History, pp. 346 - 349Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022