Diverging Paths? - The Shapes of Power and Institutions in Medieval Christendom and Islam

Diverging Paths? provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of institutions, power, and social relations in medieval Christendom and Islam.

About the author

John Hudson, DPhil (Oxford, 1988), is Professor of Legal History at the University of St Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor at University of Michigan Law. His books include The Formation of the English Common Law (1996), an edition of The History of the Church of Abingdon (2002, 2007), and volume II of The Oxford History of the Laws of England.
Ana Rodríguez, Ph.D. (Madrid, 1992), is Scientific Researcher in the CCHS-CSIC. Her books include La consolidación territorial de la monarquía feudal castellana (1994); Beyond the Market. Transactions, property and social networks in monastic Galicia (co-author, 2002) and Objets sous contrainte. Circulation des richesses et valeur des choses au Moyen Âge (co-editor, 2013).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2014
• EAN: 9789004277366
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27736-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 832 g
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries