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Author : S. H. Cuttler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521526434
An account of the theoretical framework, legal complexities and enforcement of the French treason law.
Author : J. G. Bellamy,John G. Bellamy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521526388
Professor Bellamy places the theory of treason in its political setting and analyses the part it played in the development of legal and political thought in this period. He pays particular attention to the Statute of Treason of 1352, an act with a notable effect on later constitutional history and which, in the opinion of Edward Coke, had a legal importance second only to that of Magna Carta. He traces the English law of treason to Roman and Germanic origins, and discusses the development of royal attitudes towards rebellion, the judicial procedures used to try and condemn suspected traitors, and the interaction of the law of treason and constitutional ideas.
Author : Freelance Academy Press
Publisher : Freelance Academy Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1937439410
Deeds of arms - formal, limited combats - were an important part of late medieval warrior culture, allowing men-at-arms the chance to display their identities and establish their martial worth before an audience that included their peers, their lords and captains, and the ladies who inspired them. Among the most interesting, unusual and prominent deeds of arms were the judicial duels of the late Middle Ages (14th and 15th centuries). The word "duel" suggests to modern audiences a conflict over honor, but although medieval trials by combat were likewise concerned with issues of reputation and shame, their purpose was judicial: a method of reaching a verdict when other methods could not. If evidence or testimony was not clear or was rejected by participants in a legal case, one could always turn to God. But there was, in fact, no guarantee of clarity even in the case of the duel, and unlike their portrayal in popular media, it was rare for duels to be fought to a lethal conclusion. A settlement was often negotiated before the trial was ever fought, or halted by the judge in mid-combat before either combatant could be slain. For a millennium, the trial by battle had been a fairly routine part of law enforcement in many parts of Europe, but by the second half of the 13th century, they were increasingly restricted to adjudicating guilt for capital crimes such as murder, rape, and treason. Yet even as such combats became increasingly rare, their scarcity lent them an aura of prestige, making the late 14th century a golden age for duels, drawing a great deal of popular, clerical and legal attention. The cases in which duels were approved were often controversial, as was the legal procedure itself. Was the result of a judicial combat truly an expression of the will of God? Medieval lawyers and ordinary observers often had their doubts. The controversies surrounding duels resulted in a number of late medieval duels being recorded in some detail. These duels are therefore among the best-known medieval deeds of arms, and accounts of some of the most sanguine, unusual or controversial are contained herein.
Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 2071 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824044442
Arranged alphabetically, with a brief introduction that clearly defines the scope and purpose of the book. Illustrations include maps, B/W photographs, genealogical tables, and lists of architectural terms.
Author : Paul Jankowski
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845453657
Corruption is far from disappearing, yet now it inspires resignation rather than indignation - and as such, it has lost its power to scandalize. Jankowski claims that such transformations tell a tale. The state that once aspired to pre-eminence as the sole magnet of loyalty, touchstone of probity, and guarantor of right, has yielded significant ground to the individual who is now more likely to elevate his own dignity and cry scandal on his own behalf."--Jacket.
Author : William W. Kibler,Grover A. Zinn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351665667
First published in 1995, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia is the first single-volume reference work on the history and culture of medieval France. It covers the political, intellectual, literary, and musical history of the country from the early fifth to the late fifteenth century. The shorter entries offer succinct summaries of the lives of individuals, events, works, cities, monuments, and other important subjects, followed by essential bibliographies. Longer essay-length articles provide interpretive comments about significant institutions and important periods or events. The Encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and includes a generous selection of illustrations, maps, charts, and genealogies. It is especially strong in its coverage of economic issues, women, music, religion and literature. This comprehensive work of over 2,400 entries will be of key interest to students and scholars, as well as general readers.
Author : Daniel Waley,Peter Denley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317890171
From the divine right of kings to the political philosophies of writers such as Machiavelli, the medieval city-states to the unification of Spain, Daniel Waley and Peter Denley focus on the growing power of the state to illuminate changing political ideas in Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Spanning the entire continent and beyond, and using contemporary voices wherever possible, the authors include substantial sections on economics, religion, and art, and how developments in these areas fed into and were influenced by the transformation of political thinking. The new edition takes the narrative beyond the confines of western Europe with chapters on East Central Europe and the teutonic knights, and the Portuguese expansion across the Atlantic. The third edition of this classic introduction to the period includes even greater use of contemporary voices, full reading lists, and new chapters on East Central Europe and Portuguese exploration. Suitable as an introductory text for undergraduate courses in Medieval Studies and Medieval European History.
Author : E. Amanda McVitty
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275557
Groundbreaking new approach to the idea of treason in medieval England, showing the profound effect played by gender.
Author : D. Alan Orr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139439459
This study traces the transition of treason from a personal crime against the monarch to a modern crime against the impersonal state. It consists of four highly detailed case studies of major state treason trials in England beginning with that of Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford, in the spring of 1641 and ending with that of Charles Stuart, King of England, in January 1649. The book examines how these trials constituted practical contexts in which ideas of statehood and public authority legitimated courses of political action that might ordinarily be considered unlawful - or at least not within the compass of the foundational statute of Edward III. The ensuing narrative reveals how the events of the 1640s in England challenged existing conceptions of treason as a personal crime against the king, his family and his servants, and pushed the ascendant parliamentarian faction towards embracing an impersonal conception of the state that perceived public authority as completely independent of any individual or group.
Author : John M. Collins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107092877
A comprehensive history of martial law, outlining how it was a vital component of England's domestic and imperial legal order.
Author : Lauren Benton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107782716
A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, piracy, convict transportation, martial law, and crime created irregular spaces of law, while also attaching legal meanings to familiar geographic categories such as rivers, oceans, islands, and mountains. The resulting legal and spatial anomalies influenced debates about imperial constitutions and international law both in the colonies and at home. This study changes our understanding of empire and its legacies and opens new perspectives on the global history of law.
Author : Michael Jones
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780907628804
Michael Jones is recognised on both sides of the Channel as an authority on late medieval Breton history. In this book he brings together much of his work on the subject, examining not only the administration of the duchy but also more intangible questions about the identity of a late medieval state.
Author : Brian F. Carso (Jr.)
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0739112562
The ancient crime of treason posed legal, political, and intellectual problems for the United States from its conception through the Civil War. Using an interdisciplinary approach, historian and lawyer Brian F. Carso, Jr., demonstrates that although treason law was conflicted and awkward, the broader idea of treason gave recognizable shape to abstract ideas of loyalty, betrayal, allegiance, and political obligation in a young democratic republic.
Author : Erika Graham-Goering
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108489096
An in-depth study of coexisting social norms of princely power cutting across categories of hierarchy, gender, and collaborative rulership.
Author : C. T. Allmand
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 085115672X
Primary sources for the Hundred Years War present the realities of the medieval experience of warfare in England and in France.
