Law, Politics and Society in Early Modern England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av Christopher W. Brooks

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Law, like religion, provided one of the principal discourses through which early-modern English people conceptualised the world in which they lived. Transcending traditional boundaries between social, legal and political history, this innovative and authoritative study examines the development of legal thought and practice from the later middle ages through to the outbreak of the English civil war, and explores the ways in which law mediated and constituted social and economic relationships within the household, the community, and the state at all levels. By arguing that English common law was essentially the creation of the wider community, it challenges many current assumptions and opens new perspectives about how early-modern society should be understood. Its magisterial scope and lucid exposition will make it essential reading for those interested in subjects ranging from high politics and constitutional theory to the history of the family, as well as the history of law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-01-08
Mått160 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt870 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor470
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521323918

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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; 14. Conclusion.

Review of the hardback: '… an outstanding contribution to early modern English history. It is not just a summary of what others have said, nor even of Brooks' own previous publications, for it is firmly grounded in extensive archival research that makes it an important and often original monograph in its own right. Balanced and fair, it has a quiet yet powerfully independent voice that makes it worth reading in its entirety. It can be warmly recommended for any course in late medieval and early modern social, economic and political history as well as being a work that all scholars of the period, whatever their particular interests, can peruse with pleasure and ponder with profit.' Journal of Continuity and Change