English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages - Cloistered Nuns and Their Lawyers, 1293-1540

Lawmen were crucial to the economic wellbeing of medieval nunneries; this book looks at the relationship between them and how cases were conducted.

List of contents

Introduction
Cloistered Spirituality and English Nuns
Legal Professionalism and English Lawyers
Letters of Appointment and Routine Business
Proceedings at Common Law
Chancery Suits
Episcopal Arbitration
Papal Appeals
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography

About the author

Elizabeth Makowski

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Makowski
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9781843837862
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-786-2
• No. of pages: 218
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Medi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History