| Title: | "For Freedom Alone" : The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 |
| Author: | Cowan |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | Cowan explores the history, words and legacy of this important medieval document, seen by many as a model for the American Declaration of Independence. The history and facts around the Arbroath document parallel the American example. |
| Publisher: | Tuckwell Press |
| Location: | DA783.41 .C68 2003 |
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| Title: | Custom. The Development and Use of a Legal Concept in the Middle Ages |
| Author: | Per Anderson & Mia Munster-Swendsen (eds.) |
| Publisher: | DJOF Publishing |
| Location: | KJ 135 2008 |
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| Title: | From Memory to Written Record, England 1066-1307 |
| Author: | Clanchy |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | Classic book - tracks the development of the written record during this period. Though not directly related to law, it does explore the proliferation, preservation, technology and use of written documents. |
| Publisher: | Blackwell |
| Location: | DA176 .C54 1993 |
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| Title: | Jury, State, and Society in Medieval England |
| Author: | Masschaele |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | This book is a thorough exploration of the medieval English jury system. In particular, Masschaele argues demand for more jurors and juries aided state formation through increasing interaction. |
| Publisher: | Blackwell |
| Location: | KD7540 .M37 2008 |
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| Title: | Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe |
| Author: | Karras, Kaye & Matter (editors) |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | This collection of essays explores how medieval institutions and culture were affected by and affected medieval law. Examples include: impact on Christian theology, sin, honor, gender relations, scholasticism, universities and others. |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvannia Press |
| Location: | KJC147 .L38 2008 |
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| Title: | Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages |
| Author: | Donahue |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | A monumental study on marriage and family structure in the middle-ages. Donahue delves into screeds of original documents to flesh out the legal and social human interest. Long, but worthwhile. |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Location: | KJC1100 .D66 2007 |
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| Title: | Legal Culture in the Early Medieval West : Law as Text, Image and Experience |
| Author: | Wormald |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | Wormald explores post-Roman West law-codes, arguing that the values of sub-Roman society were at odds with the images cultivated in these texts. Legal history is about the history of the elite and popular culture. |
| Publisher: | Hambledon Press |
| Location: | KD554 .W67 1999 |
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| Title: | Legal Practice and the Written Word in the Early Middle Ages. Frankish Formulae, c. 500-1000 |
| Author: | Alice Rio |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Location: | KJ 320.R56 |
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| Title: | Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State |
| Author: | Alan Harding |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Location: | KJ147.H37 2002 |
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| Title: | Medieval Law in Context : The Growth of Legal Consciousness from Magna Carta to the Peasants' Revolt |
| Author: | Musson |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | The judicial developments of 13th and 14th centuries England affected all aspects of society. Musson explores the impact of law, justice and politics on all facets of society with these developments in mind. |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Location: | KD6857 .M87 2001 |
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| Title: | The Criminal Trial in Later Medieval England : Felony Before the Courts from Edward I to the Sixteenth Century |
| Author: | Bellamy |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | This is a full length study on the English criminal trial from 1300 to 1500. The author uses primary material to reconstruct the medieval criminal trial. Every aspect is explored. |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Location: | KD8220 .B45 1998 |
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| Title: | The English Judiciary in the Age of Glanvill and Bracton, c. 1176-1239 |
| Author: | Turner |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | The professional English judiciary’s evolution is studied by following the careers of certain royal justices. This critical period saw authorship of Glanvill and Bracton, and the growth of a professional civil service. |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Location: | JD632 .T87 2008 |
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| Title: | The Evolution of English Justice : Law, Politics, and Society in the Fourteenth Century |
| Author: | Musson & Ormrod |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | The authors explore the pressures of war on fourteenth century English justice. For the authors, the medieval judicial system survived these crises (contrary to the majority view) and developed mechanisms from within to cope. |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Location: | KD610 .M87 1999 |
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| Title: | The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession : Canonists, Civilians, and Courts |
| Author: | Brundage |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Notes: | This is a sweeping and in-depth history of the medieval and roman origins of the legal profession. The author covers areas such as: teaching of law, new sources of law, emergence of formal courts, development of Romano-canonical procedure. |
| Publisher: | University of a Chicago Press |
| Location: | KJ147 .B78 2008 |
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