International Law in Europe, 700-1200

This book explores the existence of international law in the Middle Ages, based on treaties, and examines its compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority, and jurisdiction. It challenges traditional ideas about their role and function in the history of international law.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press

The Middle Ages were a time of significant change and development in Europe, marked by the rise of feudalism, the Crusades, and the development of trade routes and cities. During this period, there was a growing recognition of the need for a system of rules to govern international relations, and treaties emerged as the primary means of establishing and enforcing these rules.

This book, titled International Law in the Middle Ages: Using Treaties as its Main Source, examines the extent to which a system of international legal rules was known and followed in the period from 700 to 1200. It considers how consistently international legal rules were obeyed, whether there was a reliance on justification of action, and whether the system had the capacity to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. The book further sheds light on issues such as compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority.

Authority and jurisdiction, challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law.

The Middle Ages were a time of significant change and development in Europe, marked by the rise of feudalism, the Crusades, and the development of trade routes and cities. During this period, there was a growing recognition of the need for a system of rules to govern international relations, and treaties emerged as the primary means of establishing and enforcing these rules.

This book, titled International Law in the Middle Ages: Using Treaties as its Main Source, examines the extent to which a system of international legal rules was known and followed in the period from 700 to 1200. It considers how consistently international legal rules were obeyed, whether there was a reliance on justification of action, and whether the system had the capacity to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. The book further sheds light on issues such as compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority and jurisdiction, challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law.

International law in Europe, 700–1200, will appeal to students and scholars of medieval Europe, international law and its history, as well as those with a more general interest in warfare, diplomacy, and international relations.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 147 x 223 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526142283