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Boundaries of the Law - Geography, Gender and Jurisdiction in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
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Boundaries of the Law - Geography, Gender and Jurisdiction in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
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Exploring the boundaries of the law as they existed in medieval and
early modern times and as they have been perceived by historians,
this volume offers a wide ranging insight into a key aspect of
European society. Alongside, and inexorably linked with, the
ecclesiastical establishment, the law was one of the main social
bonds that shaped and directed the interactions of day-to-day life.
Posing fascinating conceptual and methodological questions that
challenge existing perceptions of the parameters of the law, the
essays in this book look especially at the gender divide and
conflicts of jurisdiction within an historical context. In addition
to seeking to understand the discrete categories into which types
of law and legal rules are sometimes placed, consideration is given
to the traversing of boundaries, to the overlaps between
jurisdictions, and between custom(s) and law(s). In so doing it
shows how law has been artificially compartmentalised by historians
and lawyers alike, and how existing perceptions have been
conditioned by particular approaches to the sources. It also
reveals in certain case studies how the sources themselves (and
attitudes towards them) have determined the limitations of
historical enterprise. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to
the subject, the contributors demonstrate the fruitfulness of
examining the interfaces of apparently diverse disciplines. Making
fresh connections across subject areas, they examine, for example,
the role of geography in determining litigation strategies, how the
law interacted with social and theological issues and how fact and
fiction could intertwine to promote notions of justice and public
order. The main focus of the volume is upon England, but includes
useful comparative papers concerning France, Flanders and Sweden.
The contributors are a mixture of young and established scholars
from Europe and North America offering a new and revisionist
perspective on the operation of law in the medieval and early
modern periods.
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