Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State By Anna Grzymała-Busse
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Which provides an excellent introduction to the subject as well as some forensic analysis The reliance on statistics and statistical analysis may have been one reason why it was one of the Financial Times books of the year Just occasionally there seem some slip ups At one point we are told that Europe has over 500 states in the Middle Ages surely an exaggeration but a later graph suggests nearer 200 A map showing Cathedrals in Europe curiously places only one in Britain apparently somewhere in Wales No doubt the thesis can be challenged England remains the exception that proves the rule to much of her argument but nevertheless a stimulating and thought provoking read 0691245088 Christian footing in Europe The author presents some surprising and contrasting ideas in this book that suggests that the medieval Roman Catholic Church that emphasized spiritual monopoly in Europe also encouraged secular concepts such as the separation of church and state.
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Anna Maria Grzymala Busse is an American political scientist She is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the department of political science at Stanford University She is also a senior fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and director of The Europe Center at Stanford University Grzymala Busse is known for her research on state development and transformation religion and politics political parties informal political institutions and post communist politics Previously she was the Ronald Eileen Weiser Professor at University of Michigan. Sacred Foundations kindle unlimited Grzymala Busse received a doctorate in government from Harvard University in 2000 Grzymala attended Princeton University AB Public and Interna Anna Maria Grzymala Busse is an American political scientist She is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the department of political science at Stanford University She is also a senior fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and director of The Europe Center at Stanford University Grzymala Busse is known for her research on state development and transformation religion and politics political parties informal political institutions and post communist politics Previously she was the Ronald Eileen Weiser Professor at University of Michigan. Sacred Foundations book In 2017 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences site_link How the medieval church drove state formation in Europe Sacred Foundations argues that the medieval church was a fundamental force in European state formation Existing accounts focus on early modern warfare or contracts between the rulers and the ruled In contrast this major study shows that the Catholic Church both competed with medieval monarchs and provided critical templates for governing institutions the rule of law and parliaments The Catholic Church was the most powerful wealthiest and best organized political actor in the Middle Ages Starting in the eleventh century the papacy fought for the autonomy of the church challenging European rulers and then claiming authority over people territory and monarchs alike Anna Grzyma a Busse demonstrates how the church shaped distinct aspects of the European state Conflicts with the papacy fragmented territorial authority in Europe for centuries to come propagating urban autonomy and ideas of sovereignty Thanks to its organizational advantages and human capital the church also developed the institutional precedents adopted by rulers across Europe from chanceries and taxation to courts and councils Church innovations made possible both the rule of law and parliamentary representation Bringing to light a wealth of historical evidence about papal conflict excommunications and ecclesiastical institutions Sacred Foundations reveals how the challenge and example of powerful religious authorities gave rise to secular state institutions and galvanized state capacity Sacred Foundations The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European StateIn Grzyma a Busse s summary of theories of state formation two templates are named early on bellicosity and bargaining Bellicosity is the formation of states through endemic warfare the need for kings to raise revenue in order to pay for armies and allies creates the conditions for states to emerge The pacific theory is that of bargaining still fiscally driven but in this case the emergence of parliament and law as government because centralised and complex leads to state formation Grzyma a Busse proposes a third and credible path That of the power and example of the Roman church in the high Middle Ages In her view endemic warfare hindered state formation rather than fostered it why else would the Holy Roman Empire have remained so fragmented and indeed the papacy encouraged conflict in order to keep the emperor weak In respect of law universities and parliament the fundamental apparatus of western European statedom Grzyma a Busse sees the Roman church as having an important emulative impact as the growth of canon law and lawyers led to the establishment of over 100 universities by the Reformation and the calling of councils provided a model for secular gatherings of nobles and eventually burghers. PDF Sacred foundations There is much that is rich in this short book education the potential of human capital the rule of law representation and sovereignty of European monarchies The argument is that a secular state would be built on a sacred foundation of an established religion I beg to differ from these arguments since the ambitions of the church were its authority and supremacy in all matters of the life of a person It is an autocratic institution that allows little room for an independent democratic institution that may question the corruption of the church with European state politics The transformation of empires into democratic societies in Europe was slow and arduous 0691245088
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.: Sacred Foundations politics Grzymala Busse received a doctorate in government from Harvard University in 2000 Grzymala attended Princeton University AB Public and International Affairs 1992 and Cambridge University M.Phil. 1993