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Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325) (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325) (Hardcover, New Ed)
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This is the first book devoted to the study of burgesses in the
Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325). It offers a
comprehensive assessment of the contributions made by the
non-feudal class to the development of legal and commercial
institutions in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. Dispensing with
the commonly held view that burgesses had only marginal influence,
evidence is presented to illustrate how the existence of a 'middle
class' was essential to the ambitions of the kingdoms' leaders. A
systematic examination of all relevant contemporary source material
- charters, law-books and narrative accounts - sheds light on how
serfs and freemen, originating from diverse regions of Europe, were
able to organise themselves into a class whose status set them
apart from non-Latin Christians and Muslims. The study considers at
length the different ways in which burgess legislation was
formulated; traces the gradual development of the Cour des
Bourgeois, the court of burgesses, in terms of its composition and
competence; describes in detail the burgess laws of Acre and
Nicosia which related, for example, to marriage and inheritance;
and defines the special characteristics of a type of property known
as a borgesie which was mostly but not exclusively in the hands of
burgesses. Dr Nader's research, furthermore, reveals the complexity
of burgess jurisdiction and legislation in the East, and advocates
the theory that secular courts established by ecclesiastical
institutions exercised authority over burgesses and borgesies in
matters which went beyond the parameters of purely ecclesiastical
jurisdiction.
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