Citizenship for sale in pre-modern Europe
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2023
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Prak, M.R.
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Kochenov, Dimitry
Surak, Kristin
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Abstract
Starting in the Middle Ages, this chapter demonstrates that investment migration is hardly new. It looks at the micropolitics of citizenship acquisition through monetary grants in a rage of cases across Europe. Indeed, it was the most popular lawful way to acquire the citizenship of mediaeval cities outside of marriage.
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Prak, M 2023, Citizenship for sale in pre-modern Europe. in D Kochenov & K Surak (eds), Citizenship and Residence Sales : Rethinking the Boundaries of Belonging. Cambridge University Press, pp. 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108675123.011