Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England

First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.

List of contents

Introduction
Canon law kinship structures
Common law kinship structures
The dominance of canon law kinship ideas
Kinship laws in practice
Trends underlying legal kinship structures
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Raymón of Penyafort's Quia tractare intendimus
Appendix 2: The historical introduction to Sciendum est
Appendix 3: Common law adaptations of canon law treatises: Quibus modis
Appendix 4: Common law adaptations of canon law treatises: Triplex est

About the author

Sam Worby

Summary

First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Worby
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9780861933389
• ISBN: 978-0-86193-338-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 328 g
• Series: Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History; Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries