English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381 : A Transformation of Governance and Law

Robert C. Palmer
Bok · Engelsk · 1994 · Electronic books.

Annen tittel	English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381
Utgitt	Chapel Hill : : The University of North Carolina Press, , 1994.
Omfang	1 online resource (968 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter One General Introduction; Part One The Upper Orders Drew Together into a More Cohesive Government . . .; Chapter Two Introduction; Chapter Three Creating the Gentry; Chapter Four Regulating the Church; Chapter Five Conclusion; Part Two . . . to Facilitate or Coerce the Upper Orders to Stand to Their Obligations . . .; Chapter Six Introduction; Chapter Seven The Written Contract; Chapter Eight Recovering Movables; Chapter Nine The Chancellor's Court. - Appendix 15. Scienter with WarningsAppendix 16. Scienter without Warnings; Appendix 17. Other Scienter Writs; Appendix 18. Innkeeper Liability: London; Appendix 19. Innkeeper Liability; Appendix 20. Jailers before 1348; Appendix 21. Jailers after 1348; Appendix 22. Indirect and Consequential Damages; Appendix 23. Miscellaneous Wrongs; Appendix 24. Select Repair Writs; Appendix 25. Select Franchise Writs; Manuscript Sources; Index. - Chapter Ten ConclusionPart Three . . . and to Coerce the Lower Orders to Stand to Their Obligations; Chapter Eleven Introduction; Section One; Chapter Twelve The Issues; Chapter Thirteen Trespass Vi et Armis; Section Two; Chapter Fourteen Assumpsit; Chapter Fifteen Carriers; Chapter Sixteen Builders; Chapter Seventeen Doctors; Chapter Eighteen Shepherds, Clothworkers, Laborers; Chapter Nineteen Conclusion; Section Three; Chapter Twenty Trespass on the Case; Chapter Twenty-One Farriers; Chapter Twenty-Two Vicious Dogs; Chapter Twenty-Three Innkeepers and Jailers. - Chapter Twenty-Four Fires, Cattle, etc.Chapter Twenty-Five Dikes and Franchises; Chapter Twenty-Six General Conclusion; Part Four Appendixes; Author's Note; Appendix 1. Regulating the Church; Appendix 2. The Written Contract; Appendix 3. Carrier Writs; Appendix 4. Cutting Timber; Appendix 5. Builders; Appendix 6. London Doctors; Appendix 7. Doctors of Animals and People; Appendix 8. Detinue of Animals; Appendix 9. Shepherd Assumpsit Writs; Appendix 10. Horses Bailed; Appendix 11. Clothworkers; Appendix 12. Services; Appendix 13. Horse Killers; Appendix 14. Farriers. - Robert Palmer's pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing the mechanisms by which the law adapted to social needs for centuries thereafter. The Black Death killed one-third of the English population between 1348 and 1351. To preserve traditional society, the king's government aggressively implemented new punitive legal remedies as a mechanism for social control. This attempt to shore up traditional society in fact transformed it. English governance now legitimately extended to routine regu
Emner	Black death - Social aspects History - England England - Social conditions Great Britain - Politics and government Law - History - England Vis mer... Black Death -- Social aspects -- England -- History. England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1327-1377. Law -- England -- History. Law, Medieval. rettshistorie politikk storbritnnia 1348-1381
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	349.42
ISBN	0807849545