First published in 1895, Sir Frederick Pollock and Frederic William
Maitland's legal classic "The History of English Law before the
Time of Edward I "expanded the work of Sir Edward Coke and William
Blackstone by exploring the origins of key aspects of English
common law and society and with them the development of individual
rights as these were gradually carved out from the authority of the
Crown and the Church. Although it has been more than a century
since its initial publication, Pollock and Maitland's work is still
considered an accessible and useful foundational reference for
scholars of medieval English law.
Volume one begins with an examination of Anglo-Saxon law, goes on
to consider the changes in law introduced by the Normans, then
moves to the twelfth-century "Age of Glanvill," with the first
great compilation of English laws and customs, followed by the
thirteenth-century "Age of Bracton," author of another major
treatise on the same subject. Volume two takes up different areas
of English law topic by topic, or as its authors labeled it, "The
Doctrines of English Law in the Early Middle Ages." They consider
land tenure, marriage and wardship, fealty, the ranks of men both
free and unfree, aliens, Jews, excommunicates, women, and the
churches and the King, before turning to the various jurisdictions
of that decentralized era.
"The History of English law before the Time of Edward I "helps
readers explore the origins of English legal exceptionalism and
through the English tradition the basis of the law of America,
Canada, Australia, and other nations. This work is of interest to
legal scholars, historians of the Middle Ages, political
scientists, political philosophers, and all those interested in
Anglo-Saxon law and early law and society.
Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) was educated at Eton before going
to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the bar in 1871
and to the Privy Council in 1911. He taught at the University of
Oxford from 1883 to 1903. Pollock wrote "The Law of Torts "and "The
Principles of Contract" and served as editor of the "Law Quarterly
Review "and editor-in-chief of the "Law Reports," the volumes in
which decisions of the English courts were published. Later he was
made a judge of the admiralty court of the Cinque Ports.
Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906) was an English jurist and
historian who, like Pollock, attended Eton and then Trinity
College, Cambridge. Maitland began publishing legal history in 1884
and four years later he was elected to the Downing Chair of the
Laws of England. He founded the Selden Society in 1886 and served
as its general editor.
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