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English law in the age of the Black Death, 1348-1381 : a transformation of governance and law /

Robert Palmer's pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing the mechanisms by which the law adapted to social needs for centuries thereafter. Palmer is the first scholar to relate these medieval le...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Robert C., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1993]
Colección:Studies in legal history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • pt. 1. The upper orders drew together into a more cohesive government
  • pt. 2. To facilitate or coerce the upper orders to stand to their obligations
  • pt. 3. And to coerce the lower orders to stand to their obligations
  • pt. 4. Appendix 1. Regulating the church
  • Appendix 2. The written contract
  • Appendix 3. Carrier writs
  • Appendix 4. Cutting timber
  • Appendix 5. Builders
  • Appendix 6. London doctors
  • Appendix 7. Doctors of animals and people
  • Appendix 8. Detinue of animals
  • Appendix 9. Shepherd Assumpsit writs
  • Appendix 10. Horses bailed
  • Appendix 11. Cloth workers
  • Appendix 12. Services
  • Appendix 13. Horse killers
  • Appendix 14. Farriers
  • Appendix 15. Scienter with warnings
  • Appendix 16. Scienter without warnings
  • Appendix 17. Other Scienter writs
  • Appendix 18. Innkeeper liability: London
  • Appendix 19. Innkeeper liability
  • Appendix 20. Jailers before 1348
  • Appendix 21. Jailers after 1348
  • Appendix 22. Indirect and consequential damages
  • Appendix 23. Miscellaneous wrongs
  • Appendix 24. Select repair writs
  • Appendix 25. Select franchise writs.