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Subtitle: cases and laws in France, England, and Germany : 500-1500
By: Hunt Janin.
Publisher: ME
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Law, Medieval -- History.; Justice, Administration of -- France -- History -- To 1500.; Justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- To 1500.; Justice, Administration of -- Germany -- History -- To 1500.
Description: "A primer on medieval justice, this book focuses on France, Germany and England and covers the thousand years between the transformation of the Roman world in Western Europe, which took place around the 4th and 5th centuries, and the European Renaissance of the 14th and 15th centuries. It highlights key elements in the intricate, overlapping legal systems of the Middle Ages and describes a wide range of contemporary laws and cases." "A discussion of the modern legacies of medieval law is included, as are a brief overview of the Inquisition, the 27 articles of Joan of Arc and useful commentary on many other topics. Illustrations range from the earliest known depictions of English courts and illuminations of torture to pictures of important sites, events, and instruments of punishment in medieval law."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 215-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why this book?; title: Justice in the early Middle Ages; title: Canon (Ecclesiastical) law and its variants; title: Feudalism and justice in medieval France; title: Anglo-Norman justice in England before the common law; title: Henry II and the rise of the English common law; title: Medieval inquisitors; title: A sampler of medieval cases; title: Medieval crime; title: Justice in medieval Germany; title: Where medieval law and politics meet; title: Modern legacies of medieval justice.