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From Hierarchy to Anarchy
Territory and Politics before
Westphalia
Jeremy Larkins
FROM HIERARCHY TO ANARCHY
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From hierarchy to anarchy : territory and politics before Westphalia /
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction: Territoriality, Westphalia, and
International Relations 1
2 International Relations, Political Theory, and
the Territorial State 17
3 Theorizing Territoriality: Discourse, Culture, History 35
4 Hierarchy, Order, and Space in the Medieval World 53
5 Christendom, Hierarchy, and Medieval Political Discourse 73
6 The Renaissance Critique of Hierarchy 101
7 Machiavelli, Territoriality, and Lo Stato 123
8 Picturing Renaissance Territoriality 145
9 The Renaissance Territorialization of International Society 169
10 Conclusion: Territoriality, the Renaissance, and
International Relations 195
Notes 201
Bibliography 245
Index 263
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Illustrations
5.1 The Skrzicziek Miniature, in Gratian of Bologna,
Decretum: Distinctiones 9, Pars 1, c.1140. Archives of
the Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. © Archives
of the Prague Castle. 75
5.2 The Emperor in Majesty, c. 975 (vellum) by German
school (tenth century). Aachen Cathedral, Aachen,
Germany. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg/The Bridgeman
Art Library. German. Out of copyright. 86
8.1 View of an Ideal City, 1490–1500 (oil on panel)
by Italian School (fifteenth century). © Walters Art
Museum, Baltimore, USA/The Bridgeman Art Library. 151
8.2 Portraits of Duke Federico da Montefeltro (1422–82)
and Battista Sforza, c.1465 (tempera on panel)
by Francesca, Piero della (c.1415–92).
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman
Art Library. Italian. Out of copyright. 156
8.3 The Triumphs of Duke Federico da Montefeltro
(1422–82) and Battista Sforza, c.1465 (tempera on
panel) by Francesca, Piero della (c.1415–92). Galleria degli
Uffizi, Florence, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library.
Italian. Out of copyright. 157
8.4 Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, greeted
by his father Marchese Ludovico Gonzaga III
(reigned 1444–78) and his brothers, from the
Camera degli Sposi or Camera Picta, 1465–74 (fresco)
by Mantegna, Andrea (1431–1506).
Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy/The Bridgeman Art
Library. Italian. Out of copyright. 161
