Kingship, law, and society : criminal justice in the reign of Henry V / Edward Powell.

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1989.

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Criminal justice, Administration of -- History.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.

Part I. Law, justice, and kingship

1. Concepts of law, justice and kingship in the age of Henry V

Part II. The machinery of criminal justice in late medieval England

2. Royal jurisdiction over crime, and the structure of the legal system

3. Criminal legal procedure: the workings of the courts

4. Law, politics, and dispute settlement in local society

Part III. The enforcement of criminal justice in the reign of Henry V'

5. England at the accession of Henry V: The legacy of disorder

6. The Lollard revolt

7. The Leicester Parliament and the superior Eyre

8. The settlement of the realm, 1413-1415

9. Henry V's policy of conciliation and recruitment

10. The administration of justice, 1415-1422: The limits of law enforcement.

Includes bibliographical references (p.281-304) and indexes.

019820082x

xi, 319 p. ; 23 cm