The Madman and the Churchrobber: Law and Conflict in Early Modern England

by Jason Peacey

This microhistory reconstructs and analyses a protracted legal dispute over a small parcel of land called Warrens Court in Nibley, Gloucestershire, which was contested between successive generations of two families from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century. Employing a rich cache of archival material, Jason Peacey traces legal contestation over time and through a range of different courts, as well as in Parliament and the public...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192897136
• ISBN13: 9780192897138
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"