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1 online resource |
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Introduction: The Historiography of Manorial Court Rolls / Zvi Razi and Richard M. Smith -- 1. The Origins of the English Manorial Court Rolls as a Written Record: A Puzzle / Zvi Razi and Richard M. Smith -- 2. What did Edwardian Villagers Understand by Law? / Paul R. Hyams -- 3. What did English Villagers Mean by 'Customary Law'? / Lloyd Bonfield -- 4. The Development of Deathbed Transfers in Medieval English Manor Courts / Lloyd Bonfield and L.R. Poos -- 5. Charitable Bequests, Deathbed Land Sales, and the Manor Court in Later Medieval England / Elaine Clark -- 6. Politics in Manorial Court Rolls: The Tactics, Social Composition, and Aims of a pre-1381 Peasant Movement / Peter Franklin -- 7. Merton College's Control of its Tenants at Thorncroft, 1270-1349 / Ralph Evans -- 8. The Dyffryn Clwyd Court Roll Project, 1340-1352 and 1389-1399: A Methodology and Some Preliminary Findings / A.D.M. Barrell, R.R. Davies, O.J. Padel and Ll. B. Smith |
| Summary |
The essays in this collection are concerned with various aspects of village and small town society in medieval England. They offer novel approaches to the use of manor court rolls in investigating landlord and peasant mentalities. The book also contains a listing of surviving records |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Community life -- England -- History
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Manorial courts -- England
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Peasants -- England
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Feudalism -- England
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Manors -- England.
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Law, Medieval.
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Manorial courts -- England
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Peasantry -- England
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Community life.
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Feudalism.
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Law, Medieval.
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Manorial courts.
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Manors.
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Peasants.
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Social conditions
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056740
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England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043312
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England.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Razi, Zvi
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Smith, Richard Michael, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9780191675065 |
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0191675067 |
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