Medieval Society and the Manor Court

ISBN-13: 9780198201908 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 728 str.

Smith Razi; Zvi Razi; Richard Smith

Opis

The records of manorial courts have been used increasingly as the principal source for the reconstruction of rural and small town society in Medieval England. They offer a unique source with which to investigate peasant demography, family patterns, the village community and economy, the characteristics and instruments of customary law and the ways in which that law was perceived and exploited by landlords and tenants.

Recenzje

For historians of medieval rural society, this is something more than a feast. It contains papers from a very distinguished group of historians, and offers debate and information on a wide range of issues in this difficult but vastly rewarding area of research.