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https://twitter.com/thinkingwest/status/1810654053895979278Against vague uses of "feudalism" as an all-encompassing system, the central insight of Heinrich Mitteis in his magnum opus "Feudal Law and State Authority" (1933) was that it was a well-defined politico-legal form of tenure centered on fief-holding and reciprocal ties.
https://twitter.com/lijukic/status/1763880023826534776By ~1300, the French kings had already established the principle and practice of judicial supremacy over the whole kingdom (via the parlement of Paris). While the emperors could theoretically dispense justice across the whole Empire, in practice few resorted to their courts. 2/9