Empire is an evocative, yet little examined, word. It can mean the domination of vast territories, a Christian world order, a corrupt form of government, or a humanitarian endeavour. Historians relegate the concept of empire to the pre-modern world, identifying the state as the characteristic political form of the modern world. This book examines the range of meanings attributed to the concept of empire in the medieval and early modern world, demonstrating how the concepts of empire and state developed in parallel, not sequentially.
- ISBN13 9780312222260
- Publish Date 25 November 1999 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 1999 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 209
- Language English