Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Bibliography of R.C. Van Caenegem; 1 History and Experiment; 2 Modern Historiography: A Science without Experiment; 3 Clio and the Humanities: Alma Mater and Prodigal Sons?; 4 Reflections on the History of England; 5 Parliament: A European Deviation?; 6 The Sources of Flemish History in the Liber Floridus; 7 Considerations on the Customary Law of Twelfth-Century Flanders; 8 The Ghent Revolt of February 1128; 9 The Pacification of Ghent; 10 Bookish Law and Customary Law: Roman Law in the Southern Netherlands in the Late Middle Ages
11 Witchcraft in the Low Countries12 Chivalrous Ideals and Religious Feeling; 13 Henri Pirenne: Medievalist and Historian of Belgium; 14 F.L. Ganshof; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Tabula Gratulatoria
Summary
R.C. Van Caenegem is the successor of Henri Pirenne and of F.L. Ganshof at the University of Ghent. These essays reflect Van Caenegem's main interests over his career: the Common Law in England and Customary Law in the Low Countries; the differences between institutional development in England and in the rest of Europe; and the forces making for autocratic as opposed to representative government. A number of pieces discuss the nature of history itself: how it compares with the sciences and what it can teach us. Two essays commemorate the lives and work of Pirenne and Ganshof
Analysis
Law History
Europe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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