Sassen builds her case by examining how three components of any society in any age territory authority and rights have changed in themselves and in their interrelationships across three major historical assemblages the medieval the national and the global the book consists of three parts the first assembling the national traces the emergence of territoriality in the middle ages and considers monarchical divinity as a precursor to sovereign secular authority the second part . Territory authority rights from medieval to global assemblages by saskia sassen richard gioioso department of international relations and geography florida international university search for more papers by this author richard gioioso department of international relations and geography florida international university search for more papers by this author first published 20 . Shareable link use the link below to share a full text version of this article with your friends and colleagues learn more. Sassen builds her case by examining how three components of any society in any age territory authority and rights have changed in themselves and in their interrelationships across three major historical assemblages the medieval the national and the global the book consists of three parts the first assembling the national traces the emergence of territoriality in the middle ages and considers monarchical divinity as a precursor to sovereign secular authority the second part . Territory authority rights from medieval to global assemblages january 2006 foreign affairs council on foreign relations 855 doi 102307 20032085 authors saskia sassen columbia