Revived Roman law was a key instrument of absolute monarchy.
Evidence
It must not be forgotten that the reactivation of Roman law in the middle of the Middle Ages—and this was the great phenomenon that made it possible to reconstruct a juridical edifice that had collapsed after the fall of the Roman Empire—was one of the instruments that was used to constitute monarchical, authoritarian, administrative, and, ultimately, absolute power. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 43
Categorization
- XREF: Same mechanism used later to analyze how law and expertise legitimate exclusionary state power in the Islamophobia debates. — connects to: Magna Carta established the principle of law above the King. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 398; Monk’s actions restored the monarchy and reshaped Parliament’s role. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1165; Law turned from a multiplier of royal power into its subtractor. — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 161
Related
- Law turned from a multiplier of royal power into its subtractor. (similarity 0.86)
- Western juridical thought was built around and for royal power. (similarity 0.82)
- Monk’s actions restored the monarchy and reshaped Parliament’s role. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Magna Carta established the principle of law above the King.
#contradicts(0.85) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 398 - Monk’s actions restored the monarchy and reshaped Parliament’s role.
#complicates(0.75) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1165