The road to judgment : from custom to court in medieval Ireland and Wales /

In contemporary society, the maintenance of social order relies upon the existence of a state that creates and enforces the written regulations by which its citizens live. In emerging societies like those of early medieval Europe, however, the question of order was much more complex. No powerful, im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stacey, Robin Chapman (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press ©1994.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt16xwb5s