English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381
A Transformation of Governance and Law
Robert Palmer's pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing the mechanisms by which the law adapted to social needs for centuries thereafter. The Black Death killed one-third of the English population between 1348 and 1351. To preserve traditional society, the king's government aggressively implemented new punitive legal remedies as a mechanism for social control. This attempt to shore up traditional society in fact transformed it. English governance now legitimately extended to routine regulation of all workers, from shepherds to innkeeper…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-4954-5
- EAN: 9780807849545
- Produktnummer: 1544041
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Seitenangabe: 472 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.7 cm 719 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 719
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