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The Secular Jurisdiction of Monasteries in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England (Hardcover, New)
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The Secular Jurisdiction of Monasteries in Anglo-Norman and Angevin England (Hardcover, New)
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
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Study of the opration of the monastic honor court affords new
insights into the evolution of royal justice in Anglo-Norman and
Angevin England. After William the Conqueror imposed upon English
monastic houses an obligation to provide knights for the king's
army, their new lay military and judicial responsibilities required
them to organize honor courts. Because abbots were not merely
leaders of religious houses but also honorial lords presiding over
secular justice, a study of the monastic honor court affords new
insights into the evolution of royal justice in Anglo-Norman and
Angevin England. Tribunals of monastic houses answered questions on
the knights' tenures and services, assessed and enforced military
obligations, and resolved tenants' disputes. Under the Conqueror's
sons, monastic lords in England regularly lookedto their king for
support in preserving and protecting their jurisdiction, and the
Anglo-Norman kings responded favorably. Under the Angevin kings,
however, administrative reforms altered the nature of the honorial
court and hastened the decline of the monastic honor court in the
thirteenth century. KEVIN L. SHIRLEY teaches in the Department of
History, LaGrange College. ContentsThe Monastic Honour Court;
Monasteries and the County Courts; The Monasteries and the Curia
Regis: The Anglo-Norman period, 1066-1154; The Monasteries and the
Curia Regis: The reign of Henry II, 1154-1189; The Monasteries and
the Curia Regis: The reigns of Richard I and John, 1189-1216;
Conclusion.
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