Medieval Society and the Manor Court
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.
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Medieval Society and the Manor Court
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.
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Medieval Society and the Manor Court

Medieval Society and the Manor Court

Medieval Society and the Manor Court

Medieval Society and the Manor Court

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198201908
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 10/31/1996
Pages: 726
Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 9.63(h) x 1.78(d)
Lexile: 1730L (what's this?)

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Director, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

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