Expectations of the law in the Middle Ages / edited by Anthony Musson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Musson, Anthony, 1966-

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Medieval.

Law--Europe--History.

Law.

Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2001.

Summary:

The first systematic examination of the expectations people had of the law in the middle ages.

The papers in this volume investigate the way expectations of the law were generated, captured, revealed or replayed for posterity in medieval Europe in jurisprudential reasoning, the activity of charter writing, the framing of definitions of 'liberty', the concern for historical justifications, and the phraseology of various forms of legislation and chancery bills. Attitudes and perceptions are also considered with regard to the active role played by rulers of European states in law-giving and in the organisation of legal institutions. Contextualising some of the developments in medieval law, this volume not only enables generalisations to be made about expectations of the law, but also highlights the existence of national and supra-national similarities as well as differences arising in medieval Europe.

Contents:

1 The King and the Fox: Reactions to the Role of Kingship in Tales of Reynard the Fox / Richard W. Kaeuper 9

2 Flanders: A Pioneer of State-Orientated Feudalism? Feudalism as an Instrument of Comital Power in Flanders During the High Middle Ages (1000-1300) / Dirk Heirbaut 23

3 'The People of Sweden shall have Peace': Peace Legislation and Royal Power in Later Medieval Sweden / Mia Korpiola 35

4 The 'Assize of Count Geoffrey' (1185): Law and Politics in Angevin Brittany / Judith Everard 53

5 Charter Writing and the Exercise of Lordship in Thirteenth-Century Celtic Scotland / Cynthia J. Neville 67

6 Liberty and Fraternity: Creating and Defending the Liberty of St Albans / Julia Crick 91

7 Counterfeiters, Forgers and Felons in English Courts, 1200-1400 / Henry Summerson 195

8 Law, Morals and Money: Royal Regulation of the Substance of Subjects' Sales and Loans in England, 1272-1399 / Gwen Seabourne 117

9 The Hidden Presence: Parliament and the Private Petition in the Fourteenth Century / Gwilym Dodd 135

10 Conscience, Justice and Authority in the Late-Medieval English Court of Chancery / Timothy S. Haskett 151

11 Appealing to the Past: Perceptions of Law in Later Medieval England / Anthony Musson 165

12 Victorian Perceptions of Medieval Jurisprudence / Chantal Stebbings 181

13 Historians' Expectations of the Medieval Legal Records / Penny Tucker 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0851158420

OCLC:

46732263