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The Recognition of Sovereignty

By Lee Manion

The Recognition of Sovereignty Drama

The Recognition of Sovereignty

By Lee Manion

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In this timely and impactful contribution to debates over the relationship between politics and storytelling, Lee Manion uncovers the centrality of narrative to the European concept of sovereignty. In Scottish and English texts traversing the political, the legal, the historiographical, and the literary, and from the medieval through to the early modern period, he examines the tumultuous development of the sovereignty discourse and the previously underappreciated role of narratives of recognition. Situating England and Scotland in a broader interimperial milieu, Manion shows how sovereignty's hierarchies of recognition and stories of origins prevented more equitable political unions. The genesis of this discourse is traced through tracts by Buchanan, Dee, Persons, and Hume; histories by Hardyng, Wyntoun, Mair, and Holinshed; and romances by Malory, Barbour, Spenser, and Melville. Combining formal analysis with empire studies, international relations theory, and political history, Manion reveals the significant consequences of literary writing for political thought.
Product details
Number of Pages:
390
Release Date:
2025-09-17
Publication Date:
2025-09-17
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009633414
ISBN13:
9781009633413
Weight:
714 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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