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Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Sam Worby
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Paperback. First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 206 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England. Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined whom they might marry (decided in the canon law courts) and they determined from whom they might inherit (decided in the common law courts). This book seeks to uncover the association between the two, exploring the ways in which the two legal systems shared ideas about family relationship, ... Read more
First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England. Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined whom they might marry (decided in the canon law courts) and they determined from whom they might inherit (decided in the common law courts). This book seeks to uncover the association between the two, exploring the ways in which the two legal systems shared ideas about family relationship, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861933389
SKU
V9780861933389
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Reviews for Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Worby has provided a significant contribution to the scholarship, and her book must be welcomed as an important corrective to Maitland's criticisms of medieval legal scholarship.
JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES
This book makes an important contribution to the narrative of family in late medieval England and the inter-relationship of English common law and the ius commune.
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JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES
This book makes an important contribution to the narrative of family in late medieval England and the inter-relationship of English common law and the ius commune.
REVIEWS ... Read more