The consumption of justice : emotions, publicity, and legal culture in Marseille, 1264-1423 / Daniel Lord Smail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smail, Daniel Lord.

Series:

Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past.

Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--France--Marseille--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Marseille (France)--Social life and customs.

Marseille (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the ideas and practices of justice in Europe underwent significant change as procedures were transformed and criminal and civil caseloads grew apace. Drawing on the rich judicial records of Marseille from the years 1264 to 1423, especially records of civil litigation, this book approaches the courts of law from the perspective of the users of the courts (the consumers of justice) and explains why men and women chose to invest resources in the law.Daniel Lord Smail shows that the courts were quickly adopted as a public stage on which litigants could take revenge on their enemies. Even as the new legal system served the interest of royal or communal authority, it also provided the consumers of justice with a way to broadcast their hatreds and social sanctions to a wider audience and negotiate their own community standing in the process. The emotions that had driven bloodfeuds and other forms of customary vengeance thus never went away, and instead were fully incorporated into the new procedures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

A Note on Usage

Introduction

1. Using the Courts

2. Structures of Hatred

3. The Pursuit of Debt

4. Bony and Bona

5. The Public Archive

Conclusion

Appendix: The Nature and Format of the Record

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780801468773

0801468779

9780801468780

0801468787

OCLC:

849915981