Maintenance in Medieval England

Maintenance in Medieval England

Author: Jonathan Rose

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-22

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1108210236

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This is the first book covering those who abused and misused the legal system in medieval England and the initial attempts of the Anglo-American legal system to deal with these forms of legal corruption. Maintenance, in the sense of intermeddling in another person's litigation, was a source of repeated complaint in medieval England. This book reveals for the first time what actually transpired in the resultant litigation. Extensive study of the primary sources shows that the statutes prohibiting maintenance did not achieve their objectives because legal proceedings were rarely brought against those targeted by the statutes: the great and the powerful. Illegal maintenance was less extensive than frequently asserted because medieval judges recognized a number of valid justifications for intermeddling in litigation. Further, the book casts doubt on the effectiveness of the statutory regulation of livery. This is a treasure trove for legal historians, literature scholars, lawyers, and academic libraries.


Maintenance, Meed, and Marriage in Medieval English Literature

Maintenance, Meed, and Marriage in Medieval English Literature

Author: K. Kennedy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-05-25

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0230621627

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Maintenance, Meed, and Marriage in Medieval English Literature deftly interrogates the relationship between lord and man in medieval England. Employing the study of medieval analogies this book is the first to explore how the relationship between lords and retainers was depicted in literature by Chaucer, Gower, Langland, and Lydgate. Kennedy uses close readings and medieval letter collections to provide a documentary look at how lords and men communicated information about their relationships and reveals surprising information about both medieval law and society.


Divorce in Medieval England

Divorce in Medieval England

Author: Sara Margaret Butler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0415825164

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Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the grounds of spousal incompatibility.


Mills in the Medieval Economy

Mills in the Medieval Economy

Author: John Langdon

Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-07

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0199265585

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This book examines the evolution of mills - whether powered by water, wind, animals or humans - during an important era of English history. It focuses not only on the structures themselves, but also on the people who acted as entrepreneurs, workers, and customers for the industry. Together they created one of the most recognizable and enduring features of medieval society.


Maintenance in Medieval England

Maintenance in Medieval England

Author: Jonathan Rose

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-22

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1107043980

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Identifying for the first time the true nature of maintenance, this study uses primary sources to reach new findings on its lawfulness.


Mints and Money in Medieval England

Mints and Money in Medieval England

Author: Martin R. Allen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-02-23

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 1107014948

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A definitive study of coin production in medieval England, tracing the development, significance and wider context of mints and money.


The Nobility of Later Medieval England

The Nobility of Later Medieval England

Author: Kenneth Bruce McFarlane

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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A general survey of the English nobility and specific studies of Edward I's treatment of his earls and on the education of the nobility.


Fama

Fama

Author: Thelma S. Fenster

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780801488573

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In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or event) and an individual's ensuing reputation (one's fama). Although talk by others was no doubt often feared, it was also valued and even cultivated as a vehicle for shaping one's status. People had to think about how to "manage" their fama, which played an essential role in the medieval culture of appearances.At the same time, however, institutions such as law courts and the church, alarmed by the power of talk, sought increasingly to regulate it. Christian moral discourse, literary and visual representation, juristic manuals, and court records reflected concern about talk. This book's authors consider how talk was created and entered into memory. They address such topics as fama's relation to secular law and the preoccupations of the church, its impact on women's lives, and its capacity to shape the concept of literary authorship.


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

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

Author: Richard Goddard

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781783274253

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First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts. Town courts were the principal institution responsible for the delivery of justice and urban administration within medieval towns. Their records survive in large quantities in archives across England, and they provide an unparalleled insight into the lives and work of thousands of men and women who lived in these towns. The court rolls tell us much about the practice of law at the local level within towns, as well as yielding a broad range of perspectiveson the economy, society and administration of towns. This volume is the first collection dedicated to the analysis of town courts and their records. Through a wide range of approaches, it offers new interpretations of the role that these courts played. It also demonstrates the wide range of uses to which court records can be put to in order to more fully understand medieval urban society. The volume draws on the records of a considerable number of towns and their courts across England, including London, York, Norwich, Lincoln, Nottingham, Lynn, Chester, Bromsgrove and Shipston-on-Stour. RICHARD GODDARD is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham; TERESA PHIPPS is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History at Swansea University. Contributors: Christopher Dyer, Richard Goddard, Jeremy Goldberg, Alan Kissane, Maryanne Kowaleski, JaneLaughton, Esther Liberman Cuenca, Susan Maddock, Teresa Phipps, Samantha Sagui