Political Space in Pre-industrial Europe

This collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial approaches for the political history of preindustrial Europe. Adopting a broad definition of 'political', the volume concentrates on two key questions: Where did political exchange take place? And how did spatial dimensions affect political life in different periods and contexts? Taken together, the essays demonstrate that premodern Europeans made use of a much wider range of political spaces than is usually assumed, and that spatial dimensions provided key variables in political life. By bridging common gaps between periods and disciplines, the volume offers a timely and critical engagement with the 'spatial turn' and a review of the potential and limits of spatial approaches for political history as a whole.

Author: Beat Kümin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/18/2009
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780754660729

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 35

About the Author
Professor Beat KÃ1/4min is Director of Research, Department of History, University of Warwick, UK.