Constitutionalism before 1789

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The great era of constitutionalism spans from the American revolution<br/>of 1776 to the octroyed French constitution of 1814. Yet, the<br/>European constitutional mechanisms and way of reasoning can be<br/>traced much further back. This volume displays the need to expand,<br/>restrain and at the same time legitimise state power from the 12th<br/>century and beyond the great era of constitutionalism in order to<br/>demonstrate its historical reach.<br/>The Church was an early example of a state-like and centralised<br/>power, and thus contributed greatly to the development of a state<br/>organised Europe. This volume examines the Church as a driving<br/>force behind constitutional reasoning and as a developer of constitutional<br/>practice throughout the Middle Ages. Feudal law, with its<br/>contractual based system of rights and duties, could regulate society<br/>on several levels and thus was another source for constitutional reasoning<br/>and practices.