Laura Flannigan (University of Oxford)

Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547

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Produktbeschreibung

The dawn of the Tudor regime is one of most recognisable periods of English history. This book sheds new light on the relationship between Crown and society by exploring the untouched archives for the Tudor monarchy's administration of justice, presenting a more holistic vision of politics and society in late medieval and early modern England.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781009371360
• ISBN-10: 1009371363
• Artikelnr.: 67860433

Autorenporträt

Laura Flannigan is a researcher at the University of Oxford. She has published several articles in Law and History Review and Historical Research, and was awarded the Sir John Neale Essay Prize in 2020. Her volume on the Court of Requests archive is forthcoming (List and Index Society, 2023).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part I. The New Justice System: Chapter 1. The principle and problem of justice
Chapter 2. Conciliar justice at centre and periphery
Chapter 3. 'Travailing between the prince and petitioners': the court of requests
Part II. Seeking and Requesting Justice: Chapter 4. Geography and demography
Chapter 5. Disputes and dispute-resolution
Chapter 6. 'Your poor orator': petitioning the king
Part III. Delivering and Contesting Justice: Chapter 7. Before the king's honourable council
Chapter 8. Answers and arguments
Chapter 9. 'A final peax': passing judgment
Conclusion. Justice and the Tudor Commonwealth.