"Was the emperor as sovereign allowed to seize the property of his subjects? Was this handled differently in late medieval Roman law and in the practice and theory of zabt in Mughal India? How is political sovereignty relating to the church's powers and to trade? How about maritime sovereignty after Grotius? How was the East India Company as a 'corporation' interacting with an Indian Nawab? How was the Shogunate and the emperor negotiating 'sovereignty' in early modern Japan? The volume addresses such questions through thoroughly researched historical case studies, covering the disciplines of History, Political Sciences, and Law. Contributors include: Kenneth Pennington, Fabrice Micallef, Philippe Denis, Sylvio Hermann De Franceschi, Joshua Freed, David Dyzenhaus, Michael P. Breen, Daniel Lee, Andrew Fitzmaurice and Kajo Kubala, Nicholas Abbott, Tiraana Bains, Cornel Zwierlein, Mark Ravina"-- Provided by publisher.
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Notes on the Editors
Notes on the Contributors
1 Introduction
Cornel Zwierlein and Daniel Lee
Part 1: European Sovereignties
2 Sovereignty, the Prince, and Property Rights
Kenneth Pennington
3 Offering Sovereignty in Exchange for Assistance? The Appeal of the Dutch to
Henry III of France (15841585)
Fabrice Micallef
4 Edmond Richer, Jean Bodin and the Idea of Sovereignty
Philippe Denis
5 Venetian Republicanism against the Roman Ambitions of Pontifical Theocracy
Sovereignty According to Paolo Sarpi: Political Theory and the Challenge of
the Venetian Interdict Crisis (16061607) and Its Aftermath
Sylvio Hermann De Franceschi
6 Jurisdiction, Territory, Sovereignty: Giulio Pace and the Dominion of the
Sea
Joshua Freed
7 Hobbes and the Healthy Sovereign
David Dyzenhaus
8 Le prince doit avoir une autorité souveraine sur les mariages:
Annulments, Sovereignty, and the Law in Early Modern France
Michael P. Breen
9 Sovereignty and the Duties of Humanity: On Money, Barter, and Sale
Daniel Lee
Part 2: Global Sovereignties
10 Company-states and Sovereignty
Andrew Fitzmaurice and Kajo Kubala
11 Zabt and Its Discontents: Property Confiscation, Patrimonial Kingship, and
the Performance of Sovereignty in Mughal India, c.16001800
Nicholas Abbott
12 Unsettling Sovereignty between the Mughal and British Empires: the Case of
the Nawab of Arcot, circa 17491795
Tiraana Bains
13 Sovereignty and Untranslatability: European International Law, France, the
Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States 17201740
Cornel Zwierlein
14 Who Was Sovereign in Early Modern Japan?
Mark Ravina
Index Locorum
Index Nominum
Index Rerum
Cornel Zwierlein has taught early modern history since 2001, holding Habilitation rights since 2011. He is a specialist in early modern European and global history, political theory, religion and law.
Daniel Lee is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a specialist in political theory, the history of political thought, and jurisprudence.
