The Oxford history of the laws of England. Volume II, 817-1216.
By 1216 the foundations of the English common law had been laid. This book assesses the development of law and society during the preceding three centuries, analysing the great legacy of the Anglo-Saxon realm, the impact of Norman custom and the energetic contribution of the 12th century Kings.
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Approaches to the history of law; 2 The conduct of disputes; 1. The History of Law and the History of Disputes; Part I: Late Anglo-Saxon England; 2. Kings and Law; 1 Law and kingship; 2 Legislation and law in practice; 3 Royal officials; 4 Communication with royal servants; 5 Conclusion; 3. Courts; 1 The king's court; 2 Regional and district courts; 3 Lords' courts; 4 Ecclesiastical courts; 5 Relations between courts; 4. Procedure; 1 Two cases; 2 Bringing an accusation or claim; 3 Ensuring attendance.
- 4 Further pleading and argument5 Mesne judgment; 6 Proof; 7 Final judgment; 8 Enforcement; 5. Land; 1 Types of land; 2 Landholding, lordship, and dependent tenure; 3 Security; 4 Inheritance; 5 Bequests of land and the Anglo-Saxon will; 6 Alienability; 7 Church lands; 8 Conclusion; 6. Movables; 1 Ownership; 2 Control of movables; 3 Alienability, succession, and bequest; 4 Sale; 5 Conclusion; 7. Theft and Violence; 1 Vocabulary and categorisation; 2 Types of offence; 3 Responsibility and liability; 4 Prevention and police; 5 Compensation; 6 Punishment; 7 Banishment and outlawry; 8 Conclusion.
- 8. Status1 Hierarchies; 2 Men of higher status; 3 Men of lesser status; 4 Slaves; 5 Clergy; 6 Lordship and commendation; 9. Marriage and Family; 1 Marriage; 2 Illegitimacy; 3 Husband and wife; 4 Minors; 5 Spiritual kinship; 6 Conclusion; 10. Conclusion; 1 Continuity and change from Alfred to 1066; 2 Diversity and uniformity; 3 The place of the late Anglo-Saxon period in the development of English law; Part II: Anglo-Norman England; 11. Kings and Law; 1 Norman law and Anglo-Norman England; 2 Law and kingship; 3 Royal officials; 4 Communication with royal servants; 5 Income from justice.
- 6 Conclusion12. Courts; 1 The king's court; 2 County courts; 3 Hundred and wapentake courts; 4 Lords' courts; 5 Ecclesiastical courts; 6 Transfer of cases between secular courts; 7 Conclusion; 13. Procedure; 1 Two cases; 2 Bringing an accusation or claim; 3 Ensuring attendance; 4 Further pleading and argument; 5 Mesne judgment; 6 Proof; 7 Final judgment; 8 Enforcement; 9 Conclusion; 14. Land; 1 Landholding and lordship; 2 Types of lay free tenure; 3 Security of tenure; 4 Inheritance; 5 Alienability; 6 Unfree tenure; 7 Ecclesiastical landholding and alms tenure; 8 Conclusion; 15. Movables.
- 1 Ownership2 Succession; 3 Sale and grant; 4 Conclusion; 16. Theft and Violence; 1 Vocabulary and categorisation; 2 Types of offence; 3 Responsibility and liability; 4 Prevention and police; 5 Punishment; 6 Conclusion; 17. Status; 1 Hierarchies; 2 Men of higher status; 3 Men of lesser status; 4 Clergy; 5 Jews; 6 Lordship in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England; 18. Marriage and Family; 1 Marriage; 2 Illegitimacy; 3 Husband and wife; 4 Minors; 5 Conclusion: 'Feudal incidents'; 19. Forest Laws from Anglo-Saxon England to the Early Thirteenth Century; 1 Anglo-Saxon England; 2 Anglo-Norman England.