{"product_id":"theorizing-medieval-geopolitics-andrew-latham-9780415871846","title":"Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics: War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past two decades or so, medieval geopolitics have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in the collective imagination--and writings--of International Relations scholars. Although these accounts differ significantly in terms of their respective analytical assumptions, theoretical concerns and scholarly contributions, they share at least one common - arguably, defining - element: a belief that a careful study of medieval geopolitics can help resolve a number of important debates surrounding the nature and dynamics of \"international\" relations. There are however three generic weaknesses characterizing the extant literature: a general failure to examine the existing historiography of medieval geopolitics, an inadequate account of the material and ideational forces that create patterns of violent conflict in medieval Latin Christendom, and a failure to take seriously the role of \"religion\" in the geopolitical relations of medieval Latin Christendom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book seeks to address these shortcomings by providing a theoretically guided and historically sensitive account of the geopolitical relations of medieval Latin Christendom. It does this by developing a theoretically informed picture of medieval geopolitics, theorizing the medieval-to-modern transition in a new and fruitful way, and suggesting ways in which a systematic analysis of medieval geopolitical relations can actually help to illuminate a range of contemporary geopolitical phenomena. Finally, it develops an historically sensitive conceptual framework for understanding geopolitical conflict and war more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Latham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415871840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415871846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Andrew Latham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086343254271,"sku":"9780415871846","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_100fee1b-f678-4bde-9cca-fcd3fc3fc8ba.jpg?v=1769094149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theorizing-medieval-geopolitics-andrew-latham-9780415871846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}