Kingship, Law and Society: Criminal Justice in the Reign of Henry V

ISBN-13: 9780198200826 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 332 str.

Edward Powell

Recenzje

'We are shown convincingly that the success of medieval law courts is not to be measured by conviction rates.' A. Harding, University of Liverpool, EHR, July 1993

Spis treści

Abbreviations; Introduction: Towards a new constitutional history of late medieval England; Part I: Law, justice, and kingship: Concepts of law, justice, and kingship in the age of Henry V; Part II: The machinery of criminal justice in late medieval England; Royal jurisdiction over crime and the structure of the legal system; Criminal legal procedure: The workings of the courts; Law, politics, and dispute settlement in local society; Part III: The enforcement of criminal justice in the reign of Henry V: England at the accession of Henry V: the legacy of disorder; The Lollard revolt; The Leicester parliament and the Superior Eyre; The settlement of the realm, 1413-1415; Henry V's policy of reconciliation and recruitment; The administration of justice, 1415-1422: The limits of law enforcement; Conclusion; Appendix: Criminal offences brought before the King's Bench, 1414; Select Bibliography; Glossary; Index