The Great Council of Malines in the 18th century
An Aging Court in a Changing World?
Authors: Verscuren, An
Free Preview- First book to cover the Great Council of Malines in the context of 18th century state formation
- Presents a unique large-scale statistical analysis of court records of the 15th to 18th centuries
- Includes a fully elaborated prosopographical study of councilors and their careers
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This work studies the Great Council of Malines as an institution. It analyzes the Council’s internal organization and staff policy, its position within the broader society of the Austrian Netherlands, the volume and nature of litigation at the Council and its final years and ultimate demise in the late 18th and early 19th century. By means of this institutional study, this volume provides insight into the role played by the Great Council in the process of state-building in the 18th century Austrian Netherlands. While superior courts were once considered to be the prime agencies of change in the Early Modern Period, tools par excellence for the sovereigns’ striving towards centralization and superiority, their position in the 18th century has so far been barely touched upon. This work focuses specifically on the 18th century supreme court of the Austrian Netherlands and provides a broad overview with attention to other aspects of the tribunal's functioning and to its role in 18th century attempts at state formation.
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Introduction
Pages 1-34
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The Face of Justice: A Career Analysis of the Eighteenth Century Members of the Great Council
Pages 35-96
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The Framework: Internal Organization and External Power Relations
Pages 97-178
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Administering Justice: Volume and Nature of Litigation
Pages 179-279
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Closing Time: The ‘Fortunes’ of the Great Council at the Turn of the Century
Pages 281-337
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Great Council of Malines in the 18th century
- Book Subtitle
- An Aging Court in a Changing World?
- Authors
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- An Verscuren
- Series Title
- Studies in the History of Law and Justice
- Series Volume
- 3
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-09638-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-09638-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-09637-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-38208-1
- Series ISSN
- 2198-9842
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 348
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 illustrations in colour
- Topics
