It takes the average reader 5 hours and 50 minutes to read Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State by Alan Harding
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The state is the most powerful and contested of political ideas, loved for its promise of order but hated for its threat of coercion. In this broad-ranging new study, Alan Harding challenges the orthodoxy that there was no state in the Middle Ages, arguing instead that it was precisely then that the concept acquired its force. He explores how the word 'state' was used by medieval rulers and their ministers and connects the growth of the idea of the state with the development of systems for the administration of justice and the enforcement of peace. He shows how these systems provided new...
Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State by Alan Harding is 350 pages long, and a total of 87,500 words.
This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 58 minutes to read Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State aloud.
Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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