Category Archives: The Birth of Territory

Initial thoughts on Andreas Knichen

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been slowly struggling my way through Andreas Knichen’s 1600 book, De sublimi et regio territorii iure synoptica tractatio. Knichen was a German jurist and political advisor. Some thoughts:- – Knichen explicitly links the notion of Landeshoheit with superioritas territorialis. … Continue reading →

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Althusius, territory, and his sources

Posted on July 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Althusius refers to a few sources in his definition of the territory of the kingdom as the bounded place within which the law of the kingdom is exercised. I know that put like that alone it sounds pretty mundane: but … Continue reading →

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Hobbes

Posted on June 29, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been without decent internet in the past few days. So England lost the football, but they won the cricket again, to take a 3-0 lead in a five match series against Australia. I’ve also been reading lots of Hobbes. This … Continue reading →

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Another Althusius passage

Posted on June 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Even though these heads, prefects, and rectors of provinces recognise the supreme magistrate of the realm [summum regni magistratum] as their superior, from whom their administration and power are conceded, nevertheless they have rights of sovereignty in their territory [jura … Continue reading →

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Johannes Althusius, Politica

Posted on June 24, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been reading Johannes Althusius, Politica – a text originally published in 1603. I’ve become more and more convinced that there are some really important works between Bodin and Botero and the more familiar 17th century thinkers of Grotius, Hobbes, … Continue reading →

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The work of editors…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by stuartelden

In the Institute of Historical Research library today, looking at the five volume Folger Library edition of the Works of Richard Hooker. It’s a big project – the five volumes were published between 1977 and 1990, and there are separate … Continue reading →

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On saying ‘no’

Posted on June 15, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve just said ‘no’ to four invitations to write – a working paper, a review, a review essay and a book chapter. All, in themselves, are interesting projects, but the books were too far from what I’m working on, the … Continue reading →

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Chaucer, land and the Miller’s Tale

Posted on June 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I have been re-reading some Chaucer recently for the territory book. I’ve decided that there won’t be a reading of Chaucer in the book itself – I was debating the land politics of The Knight’s Tale, in a similar mode … Continue reading →

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The difference in repetition

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

I used to try to avoid giving the ‘same’ talk more than once, but sometimes it was inevitable. It’s looking like I will be giving something in the region of 25 talks this year (invited lectures or at conferences), and so some repetition, … Continue reading →

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Tordesillas, Territory, Topology

Posted on May 18, 2010 by stuartelden

A few days ago I wrote about the struggles I was having with chapter eight of my ‘history of territory’ book. I have sections on ‘The Politics of the Reformation’ and on the New World which need further work before being … Continue reading →

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