John Adams and the Constitutional History of the Medieval British Empire

• Main Author: Muldoon, James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: United States-History.; Great Britain-History.; History-Philosophy.; Imperialism.; World politics.; US History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Philosophy of History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Political History.

This book contributes to the increasing interest in John Adams and his political and legal thought by examining his work on the medieval British Empire. For Adams, the conflict with England was constitutional because there was no British Empire, only numerous territories including the American colon...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Eighteenth Century and the Middle Ages
• 1 The Norman Yoke: Feudal Law
• 2 The Norman Yoke: Canon Law
• 3 Daniel Leonard and the Modern British Empire
• 4 Is there a British Empire?
• 5 Imperial Origins: Wales, Ireland, America
• 6 Empire by Consent
• Conclusion.