The Duel and the Oath Reprint 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Lea, Henry Charles (Author), Peters, Edward (Editor), Howland, Arthur C. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0812276817 ISBN-13: 9780812276817 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1975 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 340 |
LCCN: 74016828 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.25" W x 8" (1.19 lbs) 262 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Originally published as parts I and II of Lea's major historical work Superstition and Force, this volume discusses the limitations in the Middle Ages of what modern jurists would term private law, or civil cases, and the concept of imminent justice through divine intervention in determining the verdict. |