Enlightened Feudalism - Seigneurial Justice and Village Society in Eighteenth-Century Northern Burgundy

A reassessment of seigneurial justice that presents a new vision of village society in eighteenth-century France.

List of contents

Tiny Courts, Incompetent Judges?
Justice in the Interests of Lords
Justice in the Interests of the Community
Conflict and Consensus In and Out of Court
Local Knowledge and Legal Reform: The Transformation of Justice
Tocqueville in the Village: Seigneurial Reaction and the Central State
A Popular Institution? Seigneurial Justice in the Cahiers de Doleancés

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Hayhoe, Jeremy (Royalty Account) Hayhoe
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9781580462716
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-271-6
• No. of pages: 321
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Series: Changing Perspectives on Early; Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries