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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Tác giả chính: Stacey, Robin Chapman (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press ©1994.
Loạt:Middle Ages series.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt16xwb5s
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Law and Lawbooks in Medieval Ireland and Wales
  • 2. Contractual Suretyship in Irish Law
  • 3. The Social Context of Personal Suretyship
  • 4. The Hostage-Sureties of Irish Law
  • 5. The Road to Judgment
  • 6. Court and Custom in Medieval Wales
  • 7. Past and Present in the Law of Hywel
  • 8. The Suretyship of the Gods
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter