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The madman and the churchrobber : law and conflict in early modern England / Jason Peacey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peacey, Jason, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure--Government policy--England--History.
- Land tenure.
- Political culture--England--History.
- Political culture.
- Law--England--History.
- Law.
- Land tenure--Religious aspects.
- England.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Peacey unearths and reconstructs a strange early modern dispute over a small estate in Gloucestershire that was contested over a period of 160 years, becoming acrimonious and violent. The microhistory represents the common forms of litigation which shed light upon political culture and ideological conflict around the time of the English Revolution.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Peacey, Jason The Madman and the Churchrobber
- ISBN:
- 0-19-265168-4
- 0-19-191979-9
- 0-19-265167-6
- OCLC:
- 1291317404
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