Law and Kinship in Thirteenth-Century England e-bog
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First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined whom they might marry (decided in the cano...
E-bog
202,96 DKK
Forlag
Royal Historical Society
Udgivet
20 maj 2010
Længde
206 sider
Genrer
1DBKE
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781782045519
First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined whom they might marry (decided in the canon law courts) and they determined from whom they might inherit (decided in the common law courts). This book seeks to uncover the association between the two, exploring the ways in which the two legal systems shared ideas about family relationship, where the one jurisdiction - the common law - was concerned about ties of consanguinity and where the other - canon law - was concerned toadd to the kinship mix of affinity. It also demonstrates how the theories of kinship were practically applied in the courtrooms of medieval England.