Overview

Law mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. A quick glance at the sources suggests as much. From the charter to the will to the court roll, the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland, and medieval Europe in general, are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society, legal history has long been a marginal subject within medieval studies both in Britain and North America. Much good work has been done in this field, but there is much still to do. This volume, a collection of essays in honour of Paul Brand, who has contributed perhaps more than any other historian to our understanding of the legal developments of later medieval England and Ireland, is intended to help fill this gap. The essays collected in this volume, which range from the twelfth to the sixteenth century, offer the latest research on a variety of topics within this field of inquiry. While some consider familiar topics, they do so from new angles, whether by exploring the underlying assumptions behind England’s adoption of trial by jury for crime or by assessing the financial aspects of the General Eyre, a core institution of jurisdiction in twelfth- and thirteenth-century England. Most, however, consider topics which have received little attention from scholars, from the significance of judges and lawyers smiling and laughing in the courtroom to the profits and perils of judicial office in English Ireland. The essays provide new insights into how the law developed and functioned within the legal profession and courtroom in late medieval England and Ireland, as well as how it pervaded the society at large.

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Author:   Travis R. Baker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781472477385

ISBN 10:   1472477383
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   02 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Justice Delayed: Absent Recognitors and the Angevin Legal Reforms, c. 1200 2. Testament and Inheritance: The Lessons of the Brief Widowhood of Isabel, Countess of Pembroke 3. A Crossroads in Criminal Procedure: The Assumptions Underlying England’s Adoption of Trial by Jury for Crime 4. The General Eyre and Royal Finance 5. Royal Privilege and Episcopal Rights in the Later Thirteenth Century: The Case of the Ashbourne Advowson, 1270-1289 6. The Clerk William Tyssyngton and the Pursuit of Fugitives in the Late Thirteenth-Century 7. Profits and Perils of an Irish Legal Career: Sir Elias Ashbourne (d. 1356), Chief Justice and Marcher Lord 8. Two Jurisdictions in Dispute About Canonical Appeals: London and Canterbury, 1375-6 9. The Outlaw in Later Medieval Ireland 10. The Origins and Development of Judicial Tenure ""During Good Behaviour"" to 1485 11. ""Et Subridet etc."": Smiles, Laughter and Levity in the Medieval Year Books 12. Men of Law and Professional Identity in Late Medieval England 13. Legal Services for the Poor in the Early Common Law"

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Travis R. Baker is a private scholar living in San Diego, California.

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