Kings, Lords and Courts in Anglo-Norman England

First study of the origins of the lordship courts that dominated the lives of the peasantry of medieval England.

List of contents

Introduction
Lords and their Dependents in Court: the Later Anglo-Saxon Paradigm
The Aspirations of Lords in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century England
Private Claims and Hundreds in the Later Eleventh and Earlier Twelfth Centuries
The Division of Hundreds and the Proliferation of Courts
From Debate within Courts to Debate between Courts: the Origins of Jurisdictional Debate
Courts, Pleas and Kings in the Early Twelfth Century
Pleas and Justices in the Early Twelfth Century
Conclusion
Appendix: the Evidence for Justices, 1100-1154
Bibliography

About the author

Nicholas Karn

Summary

First study of the origins of the lordship courts that dominated the lives of the peasantry of medieval England.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Karn
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781783274864
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-486-4
• No. of pages: 271
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Englisch, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus