Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages
By (Author) Anthony Musson
With Edward Powell
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
3rd March 2009
United Kingdom
Paperback
304
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
A collection of translated legal sources charting the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485). Offers an insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages. -- .
Anthony Musson is Professor of Legal History at the University of Exeter. Edward Powell is a practising solicitor and former Fellow of Downing College Cambridge