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.
The records of manorial courts have been used increasingly as the principal source for the reconstruction of rural and small town society in Medieval ...
These 26 papers, written in honour of John Wacher, take a look at the towns of Roman Britain, western Europe, and beyond. With subjects ranging from Ancyra to Wroxeter, from urban art to waste water, this collection complements Wacher's seminal publication Towns of Roman Britain (1974), and its companion volume, The 'Small Towns' of Roman Britain (1990).
These 26 papers, written in honour of John Wacher, take a look at the towns of Roman Britain, western Europe, and beyond. With subjects ranging from A...
