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English Justice Between the Norman Conquest and the Great Charter, 1066-1215

250 Pages

by Routledge

250 Pages

by Routledge

250 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1965, English Justice between the Norman Conquest and the Great Charter discusses the history of English justice in the period of the Norman Conquest, of the Angevin achievements, and of the contrasting reigns of Richard I and John. This book looks at this period in light of the great work done by Felix Liebermann and others on Anglo-Saxon law, which made possible a new... Read more

Introduction

1. The Anglo-Saxon Inheritance

2. The Angevin Leap Forward

3. Courts of Justice and the Beginning of the Legal Profession

4. King John and the Courts of Justice (Raleigh Lecture of the British Academy, 1958)

Appendix of Illustrative Material

1. The Sandwich Plea of 1127

2. Documents Illustrating the Office of Sacrabar

3. The Charwelton Case. An Early Reference to the Process of Tolt

4. The Case Concerning Yaxley and Sibson Brought by the Abbot of Thornley against Robert of Yaxley, 1113-1127

5. The Case of Concerning the Marsh Lying Between the Abbey of Croyland and the Priory of Spalding, 1189-1202

6. Writs Relating to the Eyre of August, 1210