Town Courts and Urban Society in Late Medieval England, 1250-1500

First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts.

List of contents

Introduction - Richard Goddard and Teresa Phipps
Town Courts in Medieval England: An Introduction - Maryanne Kowaleski
Borough Court Cases as Legal Precedent in English Town Custumals - Esther Liberman Cuenca
The Priest of Nottingham and the Holy Household of Ousegate: Telling Tales in Court - Jeremy Goldberg
Female Litigants and the Borough Court: Status and Strategy in the Case of Agnes Halum of Nottingham - Teresa Phipps
Courts and Urbanisation: Jurisdiction in Late Medieval Seigneurial Boroughs and Towns - Christopher Dyer
The Business of the Leet Courts in Medieval Norwich, 1288-1391 - Samantha Sagui
The Black Death and the Borough Court: The Changing Pattern of Social and Judicial Representation in Late Medieval Lincoln - Alan Kissane
Justice and Jurisdictions in Late Medieval Chester - J W Laughton
Trust: Business Networks and the Borough Court - Richard Goddard
Society, Status and the Leet Court in Margery Kempe's Lynn - Susan Maddock
Appendix: An Annotated List of Printed or Online Transcriptions and Translations of Medieval Town Courts in Britain to 1500
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Richard Goddard, Teresa Phipps

Summary

First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dyer, Richard Goddard, Alan Kissane, Esther Liberman Cuenca, Teresa Phipps
• Assisted by: Richard Goddard (Editor), Teresa Phipps (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781783274253
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-425-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Englisch, England, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus