Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England

by Robin Fleming

Domesday Book contains the most comprehensive, varied and monumental legal material to survive from England before the rise of the Common Law. This book argues that it can--and should--be read as a legal text. Stripped of its statistical information, Domesday Book contains a remarkable amount of legal material, almost all of which stems directly from inquest, testimony, or from the sworn statements. This information, read in context, provides a picture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521528461
• ISBN13: 9780521528467
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 9.7"