Boundaries of the law : geography, gender and jurisdiction in medieval and early modern Europe / edited by Anthony Musson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Musson, Anthony, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Medieval.

Law--England--History--To 1500.

Law.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]

Contents:

Law in the landscape : criminality, outlawry and regional identity in late medieval England / W.M. Ormrod

The geographical and practical legal impact of the peace of God in eleventh century Aquitaine / Thomas Gergen

Sanctuary and penitential rebirth in the central Middle Ages / Trisha Olson

Between theory and popular practice : medieval canonists on magic and impotence / Catherine Rider

Maintenance agreements and male responsibility in late medieval England / Sara M. Butler

Crossing boundaries : attitudes to rape in late medieval England / Anthony Musson

Rethinking incest and heinous sexual crime : changing boundaries of secular and ecclesiastic jurisdiction in late medieval Sweden / Mia Korpiola

Rules for solving conflicts of law in the Middle Ages : part of the solution, part of the problem / Dirk Heirbaut

The geographical, jurisdictional and jurisprudential boundaries of English litigation in the early seventeenth century / Louis A. Knafla

Jurisdictional competition and the evolution of the common law : an hypothesis / Daniel Klerman

English legal history and interdisciplinary legal studies / Jonathan Rose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754650901

OCLC:

57475974