Royal justice and the making of the Tudor commonwealth, 1485-1547 / Laura Flannigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flannigan, Laura, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--England--History--16th century.

Justice, Administration of.

England and Wales. Court of Requests--History--16th century.

England and Wales.

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509.

England.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xv, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The dawn of the Tudor regime is one of most recognisable periods of English history. Yet the focus on its monarchs' private lives and ministers' constitutional reforms creates the impression that this age's major developments were isolated to halls of power, far removed from the wider populace. This book presents a more holistic vision of politics and society in late medieval and early modern England. Delving into the rich but little-studied archive of the royal Court of Requests, it reconstructs collaborations between sovereigns and subjects on the formulation of an important governmental ideal: justice. Examining the institutional and social dimensions of this point of contact, this study places ordinary people, their knowledge and demands at the heart of a judicial revolution unfolding within the governments of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Yet it also demonstrates that directing extraordinary royal justice into ordinary procedures created as many problems as it solved.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. The new justice system

The principle and problem of justice

Conciliar justice at centre and periphery

'Travailing between the prince and petitioners' : the Court of Requests

Part II. Seeking and requesting justice

Geography and demography

Disputes and dispute resolution

'Your poor orator' : petitioning the king

Part III. Delivering and contesting justice

Before the king's most honourable council

Answers and arguments

'A final peax' : passing judgment

Conclusion : justice and the Tudor commonwealth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009371360

1009371363

OCLC:

1375547030

Publisher Number:

90101146920