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fromMedievalists.net3 months agoThe Medieval Judicial Revolution: Royal Power and the Rise of State Justice - Medievalists.netThe rupture thesis posits a stark divide between feudalism and the sovereign state in the 17th century, yet the continuity thesis suggests otherwise.History
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