Introduction -- Lords and their dependents in court: the later Anglo-Saxon paradigm -- The aspirations of lords in eleventh- and twelfth-century England -- Private claims and hundreds in the later eleventh and earlier twelfth centuries -- The division of hundreds and the proliferation of courts -- From debate within courts to debate between courts: the origins of jurisdictional debate -- Courts, pleas and kings in the early twelfth century -- Pleas and justices in the early twelfth century -- Conclusion -- Appendix: the evidence for justices, 1100-1154
Summary
First study of the origins of the lordship courts that dominated the lives of the peasantry of medieval England
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
NICHOLAS KARN is Associate Professor of History in the University of Southampton
