Aliens in Medieval Law
Subtitle: The Origins of Modern Citizenship (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521800853
Subjects: English law: citizenship & nationality law; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Law; Europe; Legal Reference / Law Profession; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Constitutional; International; Aliens--Europe--History; History / Great Britain; Aliens; Citizenship; History
First sentence: In the section where writs dealing with the question of personal status are explained, the author of the late twelfth-century English law tract known as Glanvill (c. 1187) goes into a long discussion about the division between the free and the unfree status.