The essays in Communities and Courts in Britain, 1150-1900 all reflect the wider concept of legal history - how legal processes fitted into the social and polit

The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the o

The essays in Communities and Courts in Britain, 1150-1900 all reflect the wider concept of legal history - how legal processes fitted into the social and polit

Sheriffs were among the most important local office-holders in early modern England. They were generalist officers of the king responsible for executing legal p