| Medieval Law in Context: The Growth of Legal Consciousness from Magna Carta to the Peasants' Revolt Contributor(s): Musson, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 071905494X ISBN-13: 9780719054945 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: Offering an important new perspective on medieval political, legal, and social history in England, Anthony Musson examines how medieval people at all social levels thought about law, justice, politics, and their role in society. He provides a history of judicial developments in the 13th and 14th centuries, while interweaving within each chapter a special focus on different facets of legal culture and experience. This illuminating approach reveals a comprehensive picture of two centuries worth of tremendous social change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Political Science - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 349.420 |
| LCCN: 2001030267 |
| Series: Manchester Medieval Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.51" W x 8.52" (0.86 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examines how medieval people at all social levels thought about law, justice and politics, as well as their role in society. Provides a clear, structured view of judicial developments and experience of litigation in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Offers a new perspective on both law and politics by focusing on the medium of legal consciousness and legal culture. Makes the specialised area of law accessible for the general reader interested in the medieval period. |