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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©1994.
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| Serie: | Middle Ages series.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt16xwb5s |
Sommario:
- 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