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Facsimile edition. Volume III.WITH one important exception the
three volumes here published practically represent the whole mass
of Maitland's scattered writing. A few very short notices have been
omitted, but wherever an article, however brief, contains a new
grain of historical knowledge or reveals Maitland's original
thought upon some problem of law or history, it has been included
in this collection.
We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young
Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and
end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few
days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one
of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship.
These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical,
others biographical, but for the most part they belong to
Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces
are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English
legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of
such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the
simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special
study.
Facsimile edition. Volume II.
WITH one important exception the three volumes here published
practically represent the whole mass of Maitland's scattered
writing. A few very short notices have been omitted, but wherever
an article, however brief, contains a new grain of historical
knowledge or reveals Maitland's original thought upon some problem
of law or history, it has been included in this collection.
We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young
Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and
end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few
days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one
of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship.
These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical,
others biographical, but for the most part they belong to
Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces
are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English
legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of
such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the
simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special
study.
Facsimile edition.
WITH one important exception the three volumes here published
practically represent the whole mass of Maitland's scattered
writing. A few very short notices have been omitted, but wherever
an article, however brief, contains a new grain of historical
knowledge or reveals Maitland's original thought upon some problem
of law or history, it has been included in this collection.
We begin with a philosophical dissertation submitted by a young
Cambridge graduate to the examiners for a Trinity Fellowship and
end with the tribute to the memory of a pupil composed only a few
days before his last illness by a great master of history, by one
of the greatest scholars in the annals of English scholarship.
These papers cover a wide surface. Some are philosophical,
others biographical, but for the most part they belong to
Maitland's special sphere of legal and social history. Some pieces
are confessedly popular, such as the brilliant outline of English
legal history which concludes the second volume; others, and of
such is the bulk of the collection, are concerned with problems the
simplest terms of which are not apprehended without special
study.
Originally published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908.
xxviii, 547 pp. Although Maitland never intended to publish these
lectures, they have long been regarded as one of the best
introductions to the English Constitution. Delivered in the winter
of 1887 and spring of 1888, and edited and published in 1908 by one
of Maitland's students, Herbert A.L. Fisher, they cover the period
from 1066 to the end of the nineteenth century. Rather than a
narrative historical format, they focus on describing the work of
the constitution during five distinct moments in English history:
1307, 1509, 1625, 1702 and 1887. They provide an entry to some of
the major concepts he later expounded in his seminal work written
with Sir Frederick Pollock, The History of English Law.
Widely considered the father of modern legal history, FREDERIC
WILLIAM MAITLAND 1850-1906] was an English jurist and historian
best known for The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward
I (1895), written with Sir Frederick Pollock. He was educated at
Eton and Cambridge and studied at Lincoln's Inn, London. Maitland
was called to the bar in1876 and practiced until 1884, when he
became a reader in English law (1884) and professor (1888) at
Cambridge. He founded the Selden Society in 1887. Hailed for his
original outlook on history, his works had a profound influence on
legal scholarship and remain important today.
Frederic William Maitland (1850 1906) was a pioneering English
legal historian. Originally published in 1911, this book forms one
of three volumes of Maitland's collected papers. Taken together the
texts cover a broad range of areas, with some philosophical and
biographical subject matter, but for the most part they relate to
the spheres of legal and social history. This book will be of value
to anyone with an interest in legal history and Maitland's
contribution to it.
Frederic William Maitland (1850 1906) was a pioneering English
legal historian. Originally published in 1911, this book forms one
of three volumes of Maitland's collected papers. Taken together the
texts cover a broad range of areas, with some philosophical and
biographical subject matter, but for the most part they relate to
the spheres of legal and social history. This book will be of value
to anyone with an interest in legal history and Maitland's
contribution to it.
Frederic William Maitland (1850 1906) was a pioneering English
legal historian. Originally published in 1911, this book forms one
of three volumes of Maitland's collected papers. Taken together the
texts cover a broad range of areas, with some philosophical and
biographical subject matter, but for the most part they relate to
the spheres of legal and social history. This book will be of value
to anyone with an interest in legal history and Maitland's
contribution to it.
Following the accidental rediscovery of the parliamentary roll for
1305, the thirty-third year of Edward I's reign, Frederic William
Maitland (1850 1906) was able to publish this unique and invaluable
historical record in full in 1893. Parliament in this period
provided an opportunity for the king's subjects to present
petitions and for the king's councillors to dispense justice. In
his substantial introduction, Maitland, an eminent legal historian,
sets the petitions and the transactions of the privy council in the
context of medieval jurisprudence. The work is divided into
English, Scottish and Irish petitions, followed by the Placita
('Pleadings'). There are four appendices: thirteen Gascon
petitions; excerpts from the Gascon roll of 1305 concerning the
government of Aquitaine; details of a diplomatic mission by a
representative of the court of Flanders; and an analysis of the
Vetus Codex, previously the most valuable primary source for
Parliament of this period.
Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), the founding Editor of the Dictionary
of National Biography, was one of the leading literary figures of
the nineteenth century. Stephen, the father of artist Vanessa Bell
and writer Virginia Woolf, began his career writing for London
publications before being appointed Editor of The Cornhill Magazine
in 1881. The magazine's proprietor approached him with the idea for
the Dictionary, and the first volume appeared in 1885 to much
acclaim - but by 1889 Stephen had collapsed from overwork and
finally stepped down from his editorial role in 1891. However, he
continued to write extensively not least, publishing the
three-volume The English Utilitarians (also reissued in this
series) in 1900. This biography, published in 1906, was written by
family friend and legal historian Frederic Maitland (1850-1906),
who drew extensively from Stephen's letters to give a detailed
account of the life of a most influential Victorian.
Henry of Bracton (or Bratton) (c. 1210 1268) was a jurist who
worked as a Justice of Assize in the south-west of England, and was
the author of the first systematic discussion of English common
law. The manuscripts which form Bracton's Note Book were discovered
in the British Museum in 1884 by Vinogradoff, and were edited in
three volumes in 1887 by Maitland. These volumes contain a
collection of over 2,000 lawsuits from the thirteenth century, each
with a description of how the law should be applied to the
particular circumstances of each case. This is the first example of
case law in English legal writing, and its usefulness as a record
of legal precedent probably led to the creation of Year Rolls
(official records of court cases) from 1268. Volume 1, 'Apparatus',
introduces the texts and gives an account of Bracton's life.
Professor F. W. Maitland was the foremost Victorian scholar on
English legal history, and Mary Bateson a Cambridge medieval
historian. This 1901 volume was edited for the Corporation of
Cambridge and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. It provides a
transcript and translation of the royal charters issued to the
borough of Cambridge between the twelfth and the seventeenth
centuries. Maitland lays stress on the considerable independence
the medieval borough had. It was largely self-governing, royal
charters bestowing or confirming liberties rather than regulating
the town governance or providing a constitution. However, there
were some limitations, chiefly relating to justice, for which royal
permission was needed. It was not until the late seventeenth
century that royal authority began to tighten its control of
borough affairs. The introduction explains the conventions of such
charters, and how the reader should interpret the information
contained therein. A valuable source of local history with wider
significance.
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