Rise and Fall of Treason in English History

This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Origins to 1066 2. Treason at the King's Discretion, 1066-1352 3. The Great Statute of Treason and its Aftermath: 1352-1500 4. An Ultimate Weapon of State: Treason in Tudor England 5. The World Turned Upside Down: A Crisis of Treason, 1600-1700 6. Treason in the Eighteenth Century 7. The Death of Treason

About the author

Allen Boyer is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia School of Law, and he earned his doctorate at the University of St Andrews. As a lawyer, he served as senior appellate counsel at the New York Stock Exchange Division of Enforcement. In a parallel career, he has published numerous articles on legal history, and five books, notably Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age and Rocky Boyer's War.
Mark Nicholls is a Fellow, and former President, Librarian and a Tutor of St John's College Cambridge. He has published extensively on British conspiracies and succession politics. His books include Investigating Gunpowder Plot (1991), A History of the Modern British Isles 1529-1603 (1999) and, with Penry Williams, Sir Walter Raleigh in Life and Legend (2011).

Product details

• Authors: Allen Boyer, Allen Nicholls Boyer, Nicholls Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9780367509958
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50995-8
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards