Benham, Jenny  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-9450
2022.
International law in Europe, 700-1200.
Artes Liberales,
Manchester University Press.
10.7765/9781526142290
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Abstract
It is the contention of this book that there was a notion of international law in the medieval period, and more specifically in the period 700 to 1200. It examines and analyses the ways and the extent to which such as system of rules was known and followed in the Middle Ages by exploring treaties as the main source of international law, and by following a known framework of evidencing it: that it was practised on a daily basis; that there was a reliance upon justification of action; that the majority of international legal rules were consistently obeyed; and finally, that it had the function to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. This monograph further considers problems such as enforcement, deterrence, authority, and jurisdiction, considering carefully how they can be observed in the medieval evidence, and challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law. This monograph then, attempts to make a leap forward in thinking about how rulers, communities, and political entities conducted diplomacy and regulated their interactions with each other in a period before fully fledged nation states.
| Item Type: | Book - authored |
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| Book Type: | Authored Book |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| ISBN: | 9781526142283 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2026 13:50 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145884 |
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