Land, Law, and Lordship in Anglo-Norman England

ISBN-13: 9780198206880 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 336 str.

John Hudson

Opis

This is an important new interpretation of the development of land law in England during the century after the Norman Conquest. Norman society was based upon land and lordship, and the relative power of lord and vassal was crucial to the control of land. John Hudson exploits a wealth of surviving charter and chronicle evidence and examines the uses to which lords and vassals put their lands, the relationships between them, and the constraints upon them, in an approach which integrates social, political, administrative, and intellectual history.

Recenzje

Hudson's book is an excellent contribution to a growing collection of books and articles on Anglo-Norman legal history ... Hudson's scholarly apparatus of extensive notes and bibliography obviously directs his book to professional historians and students of legal history; but he should be commended for the quality of his style and presentation.