Author : J. S. Cockburn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 11,80 MB
Release : 1972-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521084499
Historical background and the operations of the court.
Author : Ken Powell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 1977-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1349019135
Author : Peter Cane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 991 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1009277065
Author : John Hostettler
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Adversary system (Law)
ISBN : 1904380298
Adversary trial emerged in England only in the 18th century. This book focuses on the birth and meaning of adversary trial and also on the historic central role of the lawyer and advocate Sir William Garrow.
Author : Robert Tittler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 2009-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1405189746
A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain Focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements Emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes Describes differing political and personal experiences of the time Discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry Bibliographies point readers to further sources of information
Author : Philip C. Almond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1786739704
In the febrile religious and political climate of late sixteenth-century England, when the grip of the Reformation was as yet fragile and insecure, and underground papism still perceived to be rife, Lancashire was felt by the Protestant authorities to be a sinister corner of superstition, lawlessness and popery. And it was around Pendle Hill, a sombre ridge that looms over the intersecting pastures, meadows and moorland of the Ribble Valley, that their suspicions took infamous shape. The arraignment of the Lancashire witches in the assizes of Lancaster during 1612 is England's most notorious witch-trial. The women who lived in the vicinity of Pendle, who were accused, convicted and hanged alongside the so-called 'Salmesbury Witches', were more than just wicked sorcerers whose malign incantations caused others harm. They were reputed to be part of a dense network of devilry and mischief that revealed itself as much in hidden celebration of the Mass as in malevolent magic. They had to be eliminated to set an example to others. In this remarkable and authoritative treatment, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the case of the Lancashire witches, Philip C Almond evokes all the fear, drama and paranoia of those volatile times: the bleak story of the storm over Pendle.
Author : Brian P. Levack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1136538836
Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology, extends the earlier volumes by bringing together the most important articles of the past twenty years and covering the profound changes in scholarly perspective over the past two decades. Featuring thematically organized papers from a broad spectrum of publications, the volumes in this set encompass the key issues and approaches to witchcraft research in fields such as gender studies, anthropology, sociology, literature, history, psychology, and law. This new collection provides students and researchers with an invaluable resource, comprising the most important and influential discussions on this topic. A useful introductory essay written by the editor precedes each volume.
Author : Mark Girouard
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300063219
By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries.
Author : Heikki Pihlajamäki
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1217 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0191088374
European law, including both civil law and common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world. European legal history thus also is a history of legal transplants and cultural borrowings, which national legal histories as products of nineteenth-century historicism have until recently largely left unconsidered. The Handbook of European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different phases of European legal history in the light of today's state-of-the-art research, by offering cutting-edge views on research questions currently emerging in international discussions. The Handbook takes a broad approach to its subject matter both nationally and systemically. Unlike traditional European legal histories, which tend to concentrate on "heartlands" of Europe (notably Italy and Germany), the Europe of the Handbook is more versatile and nuanced, taking into consideration the legal developments in Europe's geographical "fringes" such as Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The Handbook covers all major time periods, from the ancient Greek law to the twenty-first century. Contributors include acknowledged leaders in the field as well as rising talents, representing a wide range of legal systems, methodologies, areas of expertise and research agendas.
Author : Cynthia B. Herrup
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521375870
The Common Peace traces the attitudes behind the enforcement of the criminal law in early modern England. Focusing on five stages in prosecution (arrest, bail, indictment, conviction and sentencing), the book uses a variety of types of sources - court records, biographical information, state papers, legal commentaries, popular and didactic literature - to reconstruct who actually enforced the criminal law and what values they brought to its enforcement. A close study of the courts in eastern Sussex between 1592 and 1640 allows Dr Herrup to show that an amorphous collection of modest property holders participated actively in the legal process. These yeomen and husbandmen who appeared as victims, constables, witnesses and jurors were as important to the credibility of the law as were the justices and judges. The uses of the law embodied the ideas of these middling men about not only law and order but also religion and good government. By arguing that legal administration was part of the routine agenda of obligation for middling property holders, Dr Herrup shows how the expectations produced by legal activities are important for understanding the decades immediately before the outbreak of the English Civil War. As the first book to use early seventeenth-century legal records outside of Essex, The Common Peace adopts an explicitly comparative framework, attempting to trace the ways that social conditions influenced legal process as well as law enforcement in various counties. By blending social history, legal history and political history, this volume offers a complement to more conventional studies of legal records and of local government.
