neomedievalism and transnational nobility - alice maz

Alice Maz's essay uses medieval European history to examine neomedievalism and transnational nobility. It traces how Frankish warrior elites became a privileged aristocracy holding military and economic power, and how the French and English monarchies and parliaments later gained control of the state. It also describes state formation as elites pooling power until it becomes an independent entity, and it opens with a RAND definition of the neomedieval era, dated from around 2000.