The birth of territory / Stuart Elden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The Polis and the Khora : Autochthony and the myth of origins Antigone and the Polis The reforms of Kleisthenes Plato's Law Aristotle's Politics Site and community --From Urbis to Imperium : Caesar and the terrain of war Cicero and the Res publica The historians: Sallust, Livey, Tacitus Augustus and Imperium The Limes of the Imperium --Part II: The fracturing of the west : Augustine's two cities Boethius and Isidore of Seville The barbarian tribes and national histories Land politics in Beowulf --The reassertion of empire : The donation of Constantine The accession of Charlemagne Cartography from Rome to Jerusalem The limits of feudalism --The pope's two swords : John of Salisbury and the body of the republic Two swords: spiritual and temporal power The rediscovery of Aristotle Thomas Aquinas and the Civitas --Challenges to the papacy : Unam sanctum: Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair Dante: Commedia and Monarchia Marsilius of Padua and the rights of the city William of Ockham and the politics of poverty --Part III: The rediscovery of Roman law : The labors of Justinian and the glossators Bartolus of Sassoferrato and the Territorium Baldus de Ubaldis and the CIvitas-Populus Rex Imperator in Regno Suo --Renaissance and reconnaissance : Machiavelli and Lo Stato The politics of Reformation Bodin, République, sovereignty Botero and Ragione di Stato King Lear: "Interest of territory, cares of state" --The extension of the state : The consolation of the Reformation The geometry of the political The divine right of kings: Hobbes, Filmer, and Locke "Master of a territory" --Coda: Territory as a political technology.