Yorkshire Sessions of the Peace, 1361-1364 (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History) - Softcover

Putnam, Bertha Haven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110805885X ISBN 13: 9781108058858

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The period 1361–4, when these five court rolls from Yorkshire were compiled, was an important era in medieval English jurisprudence, as the older system of keepers of the peace was transformed into that of justices of the peace, who were given full powers to judge cases of felony as well as to enforce the labour laws. Yet in 1364 this system was suddenly abandoned and the powers of the justices diminished. Published in 1939 for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, the original Latin texts of the five rolls are prefaced here with an extensive introduction by the noted historian of medieval jurisprudence Bertha Haven Putnam (1872–1960), who provides historical and legal context and analyses the content of the rolls, tabulating the various types of offences that were committed, including homicide, larceny and trespass. Putnam also includes, as appendices, selections from the rolls of the exchequer and the king's bench.

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Book Description:

These five court rolls from Yorkshire, published for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1939, belong to an important period when the older system of keepers of the peace had been transformed into that of justices of the peace. The editor, Bertha Haven Putnam (1872–1960), provides an extensive introduction and appendices.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 110805885X
• ISBN 13: 9781108058858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246