Law, politics and society in early modern England / Christopher W. Brooks.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Law -- England -- History -- 16th century.

Law -- England -- History -- 17th century.

1. English history and the history of English law 1485-1642

2. Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors

3. The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome

4. Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century

5. The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560-c.1610

6. The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority

7. The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s

8. The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629-1642

9. Law and 'community'

10. The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law

11. Economic and tenurial relationships

12. The household and its members 13. The person, the community and the state.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521323918

xii, 456 p. ; 23 cm