1st Edition

Law and Society in Later Medieval England and Ireland Essays in Honour of Paul Brand

Edited By Travis R. Baker Copyright 2018
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Law mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. A quick glance at the sources suggests as much. From the charter to the will to the court roll, the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland, and medieval Europe in general, are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society, legal history has long been a... Read more

1. Justice Delayed: Absent Recognitors and the Angevin Legal Reforms, c. 1200  2. Testament and Inheritance: The Lessons of the Brief Widowhood of Isabel, Countess of Pembroke  3. A Crossroads in Criminal Procedure: The Assumptions Underlying England’s Adoption of Trial by Jury for Crime  4. The General Eyre and Royal Finance  5. Royal Privilege and Episcopal Rights in the Later Thirteenth Century: The Case of the Ashbourne Advowson, 1270-1289  6. The Clerk William Tyssyngton and the Pursuit of Fugitives in the Late Thirteenth-Century  7. Profits and Perils of an Irish Legal Career: Sir Elias Ashbourne (d. 1356), Chief Justice and Marcher Lord  8. Two Jurisdictions in Dispute About Canonical Appeals: London and Canterbury, 1375-6  9. The Outlaw in Later Medieval Ireland  10. The Origins and Development of Judicial Tenure "During Good Behaviour" to 1485  11. "Et Subridet etc.": Smiles, Laughter and Levity in the Medieval Year Books  12. Men of Law and Professional Identity in Late Medieval England  13. Legal Services for the Poor in the Early Common Law

Biography

Travis R. Baker is a private scholar living in San Diego, California.