About this episode

The episode discusses how medieval European governments faced significant challenges to their authority, contradicting the notion of absolute monarchical power.

Contrary to the myth that kings routinely ruled over cowed subordinates by "divine right" in the Middle Ages, civil governments of the period faced countless institutional obstacles to the exercise of power.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west

Topics covered

• Medieval history
• freedom
• government
• political power
• civil rights

Keywords

• Medieval
• Europe
• freedom
• government
• political power
• civil rights
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mises Institute

Books & works: Medieval Europeans Paved the Way for Freedom in the West

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