Category Archives: The Birth of Territory

Chapter Six

Posted on November 11, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m still chipping away at Chapter Four. It requires some new reading so is taking a while. But Chapter Six is now done. It begins with a discussion of the struggle between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip the Fair … Continue reading →

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Chapter Five

Posted on November 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve not yet finished work on Chapter Four, but I have completed the redraft of Chapter Five. Chapter Five begins with a reading of John of Salisbury, particularly his Policraticus, but also some discussion of his Metalogicon and other writings. … Continue reading →

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Back to Ohio

Posted on November 7, 2010 by stuartelden

With the travelling I’ve not had much chance to write about my own work recently, and have largely been using this blog as an information service. I have been working on the book during and around the travel, and there will … Continue reading →

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Chapter Three

Posted on October 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter Three is the first of a number of chapters on the period known as the ‘Middle Ages’. I’m uneasy with that label, as are most of the people who work on the times between the sack of Rome in … Continue reading →

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Chapter Two

Posted on October 27, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter Two didn’t take all that much work to get to the stage I want it to be at for this draft. It’s not that long since I worked on it, and when I did I knew what I was … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Territory, etc.

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Over at Philosophy in a Time of Error, Peter Gratton responds to my update on Chapter One from a couple of days ago. Peter mentions the piece I published on Foucault’s ‘Society Must Be Defended’ back in 2002. That piece, … Continue reading →

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Chapter One

Posted on October 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter One is now in pretty good shape. The issue of word length has meant that I’ve been fairly minimal in terms of what I have added. The chapter begins with readings of Greek myths of autochthony, drawing on a … Continue reading →

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Irnerius

Posted on October 22, 2010 by stuartelden

In the talk today I will use this image for the first time. It was one I stumbled upon in a book about Philipp Melanchthon (briefly mentioned here). To date this is the best version I have – a scan from the … Continue reading →

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University of Washington seminar

Posted on October 21, 2010 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I give my first talk of this North America trip, at the University of Washington. Details here. There will be an informal lunch with postgraduates first, discussing the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ paper forthcoming in Progress in Human Geography. Although … Continue reading →

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Seattle and the Greeks

Posted on October 20, 2010 by stuartelden

Now in Seattle, at University of Washington. Slowly getting the infrastructure of life and work established, but dealing badly with West-coast jetlag. To be honest part of me is glad to be out of the UK as the comprehensive spending … Continue reading →

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