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Originally published in 1965, English Justice between the Norman
Conquest and the Great Charter discusses the history of English
justice in the period of the Norman Conquest, of the Angevin
achievements, and of the contrasting reigns of Richard I and John.
This book looks at this period in light of the great work done by
Felix Liebermann and others on Anglo-Saxon law, which made possible
a new estimate of the inheritance entered upon by the Norman
conquerors. The book discusses how the writ and sworn inquest can
now be safely recognised as arising in the years when the communal
courts of the hundred and the shire - under royal surveillance -
administered justice to the English people. The book also looks at
the vigour of the conquerors and how, through the exertion of the
king's writ, the sworn inquest was developed into the jury. The
book discusses how Henry II, not the West Saxon kings devised the
returnable writ from which later developments in English judicial
administration grew, and how he built up a permanent bench of
judges based at Westminster, from there making periodic journeys to
administer justice throughout the land. With all their many faults,
the early Angevin rulers, King John as well as his father, were
concerned to play their part as kings who provided justice and
judgment for their subjects.
First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the
place women have held and the influence they have exerted within
the changing pattern of English society. Ever since the days of
Queen Elizabeth I the position of women in English society has been
a matter of general debate. In the seventeenth century many men
produced books in praise of women, following the example of Thomas
Heywood. Most of these books were devoted to the praises of
individual women, but their authors generally produced arguments
against subjection of all women to the unthinking dominance of men.
While married women were still legally subject to their husbands
and no women were allowed to take part in public affairs it was
impossible to write objectively about women's place in the world.
The women who at the end of the seventeenth century began to write
were generally fired by a sense of injustice, and men tended to
write condescendingly of charm and beauty, which interested them
more than intelligence and wit. Now that women are bearing public
responsibilities with success it is possible for historians to look
back dispassionately over the centuries and trace the stages by
which this position has been won. It is a survey of this nature
which Lady Stenton has attempted in this book. This is a must read
for students and scholars of women's history, gender studies and
women's movement.
Originally published in 1965, English Justice between the Norman
Conquest and the Great Charter discusses the history of English
justice in the period of the Norman Conquest, of the Angevin
achievements, and of the contrasting reigns of Richard I and John.
This book looks at this period in light of the great work done by
Felix Liebermann and others on Anglo-Saxon law, which made possible
a new estimate of the inheritance entered upon by the Norman
conquerors. The book discusses how the writ and sworn inquest can
now be safely recognised as arising in the years when the communal
courts of the hundred and the shire - under royal surveillance -
administered justice to the English people. The book also looks at
the vigour of the conquerors and how, through the exertion of the
king's writ, the sworn inquest was developed into the jury. The
book discusses how Henry II, not the West Saxon kings devised the
returnable writ from which later developments in English judicial
administration grew, and how he built up a permanent bench of
judges based at Westminster, from there making periodic journeys to
administer justice throughout the land. With all their many faults,
the early Angevin rulers, King John as well as his father, were
concerned to play their part as kings who provided justice and
judgment for their subjects.
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