medieval and early modern European histo-ry, the so-called transition debate of feudalism to capitalism, social scien-tists and … transition from feudalism to capitalism by way of comparison and con-trast." …"This book focuses on the beginnings of capitalism in Central Europe with emphasis on the German speaking areas from …

that “every Man has a Property in his own Person.” Often viewed through the prism of libertarian political thought, self … specific kind of constitution but a particular distribution of property as well. Many regarded the protection of private … property as constitutive of liberty, and it is in this context that the vocabulary of self-ownership emerged. Others expressed …