Town Courts and Urban Society in Late Medieval England, 1250-1500 (eBook)

Richard Goddard, Teresa Phipps (Herausgeber)

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2019
277 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer (Verlag)
978-1-78744-568-0 (ISBN)

Infos

First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts.Town courts were the principal institution responsible for the delivery of justice and urban administration within medieval towns. Their records survive in large quantities in archives across England, and they provide an unparalleled insight into the lives and work of thousands of men and women who lived in these towns. The court rolls tell us much about the practice of law at the local level within towns, as well as yielding a broad range of perspectiveson the economy, society and administration of towns. This volume is the first collection dedicated to the analysis of town courts and their records. Through a wide range of approaches, it offers new interpretations of the role that these courts played. It also demonstrates the wide range of uses to which court records can be put to in order to more fully understand medieval urban society. The volume draws on the records of a considerable number of towns and their courts across England, including London, York, Norwich, Lincoln, Nottingham, Lynn, Chester, Bromsgrove and Shipston-on-Stour. RICHARD GODDARD is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham; TERESA PHIPPS is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History at Swansea University. Contributors: Christopher Dyer, Richard Goddard, Jeremy Goldberg, Alan Kissane, Maryanne Kowaleski, JaneLaughton, Esther Liberman Cuenca, Susan Maddock, Teresa Phipps, Samantha Sagui

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.8.2019
• Co-Autor: Esther Liberman Cuenca, Samantha Sagui, Christopher Dyer, Richard Goddard, Jeremy Goldberg, Alan Kissane, Maryanne Kowaleski, J W Laughton, Susan Maddock, Teresa Phipps
• Zusatzinfo: 12 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Black Death • borough courts • borough customs • Chester • King's Lynn • Lincoln • Litigation • medieval boroughs • medieval court rolls • Medieval England • Medieval Law • Medieval towns • Norwich • Nottingham • town courts • Urban History • Urban Society
• ISBN-10: 1-78744-568-2 / 1787445682
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78744-568-0 / 9781787445680