Commerce, citizenship, and identity in legal history:

"Citizenship is a concept that has changed and evolved through the ages. Our modern idea of citizenship as an individual status that implies a generalized ownership of civil, political and social rights is the end point of a long evolution. Bourgeois demands for individual freedoms towards the...

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Other Authors: Ruysscher, Dave de (Editor), Cordes, Albrecht 1958- (Editor), Dauchy, Serge 1963- (Editor), Gialdroni, Stefania (Editor), Pihlajamäki, Heikki 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill Nijhoff [2022]
Series:Legal history library volume 54
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Online Access:UBG01
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Summary:"Citizenship is a concept that has changed and evolved through the ages. Our modern idea of citizenship as an individual status that implies a generalized ownership of civil, political and social rights is the end point of a long evolution. Bourgeois demands for individual freedoms towards the State brought about the dismantling and dissolution of the structure of feudal society, which was grounded on a community concept of citizenship. The new citizenship was equal for all the inhabitants of a community, whether it was a city, a nation, a state, or a country"
Physical Description:Online-Ressoruce (IX, 220 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004472860
DOI:10.1163/9789004472860

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