The Royal Forests of Medieval England

by Charles R. Young

The distinction between the forest and the trees is fundamental to this study, for the royal forest of medieval England was a complex institution with legal, political, economic, and social significance. To protect the "beasts of the forest" and their habitat, initially for the king's hunting and later for economic exploitation, an elaborate organization of officials and courts administered a system of "forest law" that was unique to medieval England...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812277600
• ISBN13: 9780812277609
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"