POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Feudalism, Publicaffairs
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Slide: state formation in historical perspective: introduction, feudalism. Peasant tied to soil by strict legal relationship. Slide: state formation in historical perspective: dispersal, fragmentation of authority (contd) Political prerogative were undifferentiated components of privileged social standing (poggi) King governed country like a giant household: system of estates (standestaat, or polity of estates0. A few power centres extended their reach over larger and larger territories. Estates (groups of nobles, go church dignitaries, of townspwople0. Ruler convened assemblies of estate to bargain with estates over resources and privileges. Slide: the absolutist state: rise of absolutism. Modernized the roman legal tradition for early capitalist period. Slide: the absolutist state: consolidation of power (contd) Use of state power to promote wealth creation. Centralization of means of administration in king"s hands. Slide consolidation of the modern state: consolidation of power (counted) Slide: consolidation of the modern state: factors contributing to survival. Slide: differentiation of the modern state: differentiated from other aspects of society.
