Gordon Mckelvie

Bastard Feudalism, English Society and the Law (eBook, PDF)

The Statutes of Livery, 1390-1520

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh look at the idea of bastard feudalism, deploying little-used records to provide new insights.

Regulation of the distribution of liveries and the practice of retaining, which underpinned the so-called system of bastard feudalism in late medieval England, are the subject of this book. Rather than relying primarily on the records of noble estates, as much previous scholarship has done, it draws on the records of the court of King's Bench, covering all 336 known cases of illegal livery and retaining over 130 years.
The author examines the political events and legal processes surrounding illegal livery, by exploring the nature of the legislation and its enforcement, particularly the relationship between law-making in parliament and law-enforcement in the localities. The wider social and cultural contexts in which the statutes operated are also investigated, along with the legal processes and outcomes of the cases. Finally, the book considers the importance of retaining in the numerous acts of magnate violence during the fifteenth century, how they shaped the Wars of the Roses and the ways in which Henry VII accepted most noble retaining, save the most extreme cases.

Dr GORDON MCKELVIE is a lecturer in History atthe University of Winchester

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787446656
• Artikelnr.: 63205395

Autorenporträt

GORDON MCKELVIE, the principal researcher, is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Winchester and author of Bastard Feudalism, English Society, and the Law (Boydell, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Timeline of Parliamentary Activity Introduction The System - Liveries and
Retaining The Early Years, 1390 to 1449 The Later Years, 1449 to 1520
Outcomes and Enforcement The Identity of the Indicted The Geography of the
Cases Networks and Localities Livery and Disorder The Urban Experience
Conclusion Appendix 1: Number of Cases by Reign Appendix 2: Number of Cases
in each County Appendix 3: List of Letters to Towns and Lordships Appendix
4: List of Local Ordinances Appendix 5: Letters from Henry VII to Duchy of
Lancaster Officials Bibliography