The Invention of Power : : Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
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Exceptionalism -- Two swords, one church -- The concordat game -- Secularism surges -- The road to prosperity -- The road to Papal serfdom and liberation -- The birth of states, the birthing of representative democracy -- Today.
"This book solves one of the great puzzles of history: why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains the consolidation of power in the West through a single, little noticed event: the 1132 Concordat of Worms. Bueno de Mesquita makes a deeply researched and persuasive case that the Concordat changed the terms of competition between churches and nation-states, incentivizing economic growth and benefiting citizens over kings and popes. In the centuries since, those countries that have had similar arrangements have been consistently better off than those that did not"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : PublicAffairs, 2022.
Year Published: 2022
Description: viii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781541768758
1541768752
SUBJECTS
Catholic Church. -- 1122 September 23.
Civilization, Western -- Christian influences.
Church and state -- Europe, Western -- History.
Exceptionalism -- Europe, Western -- History.