The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

The state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privileg...

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Autores: Carvajal Castro, Álvaro, Tejerizo García, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Early Middle Ages
State Theory
Agency
State
Power
Nicos Poulantzas
Bob Jessop
5504.03 Historia Medieval
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spelling The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational ApproachCarvajal Castro, ÁlvaroTejerizo García, CarlosEarly Middle AgesState TheoryAgencyStatePowerNicos PoulantzasBob Jessop5504.03 Historia MedievalThe state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privilege the role of the dominant groups in the analysis of state-building processes and the workings of the state. This paper contends that a richer conceptualisation of the state can overcome the limits of the debate as it has been framed so far and provide a deeper insight into how social relations shaped and were shaped by the development of early medieval polities. After reviewing the most significant historiographical contributions to the debate, the paper introduces the Strategic-Relational Approach to the state, as formulated by B. Jessop, as one that can provide a more nuanced understanding of early medieval polities. Particular emphasis is made on the analysis of class relationships and the articulation of hegemonic projects as two particularly fruitful lines of inquiry. Finally, the paper focuses on one particular instance of early medieval political practice, the politics of the land, as a means to illustrate the potential of the approach.202520252022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/161901reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésMSCA-IF Project CLAIMS. Grant Number: 793095MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Ayuda Ramón y Cajal. Grant Number: RYC2020-030272-IMCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Proyecto NASD. Grant Number: PID2020-112506GB-C44MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Proyecto SOCLOC. Grant Number: PID2020-112506GB-C41MSCA-IF Project INPACT. Grant Number: 101032402Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1619012026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
title The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
spellingShingle The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
Carvajal Castro, Álvaro
Early Middle Ages
State Theory
Agency
State
Power
Nicos Poulantzas
Bob Jessop
5504.03 Historia Medieval
title_short The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
title_full The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
title_fullStr The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
title_full_unstemmed The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
title_sort The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carvajal Castro, Álvaro
Tejerizo García, Carlos
author Carvajal Castro, Álvaro
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Tejerizo García, Carlos
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Early Middle Ages
State Theory
Agency
State
Power
Nicos Poulantzas
Bob Jessop
5504.03 Historia Medieval
topic Early Middle Ages
State Theory
Agency
State
Power
Nicos Poulantzas
Bob Jessop
5504.03 Historia Medieval
description The state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privilege the role of the dominant groups in the analysis of state-building processes and the workings of the state. This paper contends that a richer conceptualisation of the state can overcome the limits of the debate as it has been framed so far and provide a deeper insight into how social relations shaped and were shaped by the development of early medieval polities. After reviewing the most significant historiographical contributions to the debate, the paper introduces the Strategic-Relational Approach to the state, as formulated by B. Jessop, as one that can provide a more nuanced understanding of early medieval polities. Particular emphasis is made on the analysis of class relationships and the articulation of hegemonic projects as two particularly fruitful lines of inquiry. Finally, the paper focuses on one particular instance of early medieval political practice, the politics of the land, as a means to illustrate the potential of the approach.
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