Medieval justice : cases and laws in France, England and Germany, 500 - 1500 / Hunt Janin.

Jefferson, NC : McFarland and Company, 2004.

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Law -- History.

Justice, Administration of -- Europe -- History.

1. Why this book?

2. Justice in the early middle ages

3. Canon (ecclesiastical) law and its variants

4. Feudalism and justice in medieval France

5. Anglo-Norman justice in England before the common law

6. Henry II and the rise of the English common law

7. Medieval inquisitors

8. A sampler of medieval cases

9. Medieval crime

10. Justice in medieval Germany

11. Where medieval law and politics meet

12. Modern legacies of medieval justice

Selected chronology

Appendix 1. A brief overview of the inquisition

Appendix 2. What was one penny worth in the middle ages?

Appendix 3. Medieval and later laws concerning swans

Appendix 4. Joan of Arc: the twenty-seven articles

Appendix 5. The high court of chivalry

Appendix 6. Justices of the peace in the United Kingdom today

Appendix 7. Listing of selected cases and laws cited in the text

Notes. ; Bibliography; Index.

Includes bibliography and index.

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vi, 226 p.