POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Papal Supremacy, Protestantism, Universal Language
22 Apr 2014
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January 14, 2013: why should we study the state, before the state, towards the state, origins of the state and how it spread, the institution of sovereignty, key features of states, state territorialities. 2 reasons: state is often taken for granted by poli scientists, and we need to know what they"re talking about. State structures society: states are a part of our everyday life. Controls everything so ubiquitous (we don"t even notice it) A lot of state institutions are created to moniter our everyday life. Grew up during the disorder of the middle ages in europe. State is a new form of political organizations: 1640s- treaty of westphalia. Starts with the decay of the roman empire. Enemies of christianity: by 1791 the frankish empire emperor charlemagne does a good job of converting the rest of europe, eventually the roman empire starts to decay, this was replaced by the roman catholic church.
