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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by prominent historians examines and builds on the scholarly legacy of Christopher W. Brooks, the leading historian of early modern English law, society and politics. Of interest to early modern historians of England and socio-legal scholars, exploring how law was understood and used by different communities.
Trade Review'The essays collected in Law, Lawyers, and Litigants in Early Modern England form a fitting tribute to legal historian Christopher W. Brooks and the tremendous impact his work has had on our understanding of law and society in early modern England.' Alison A. Chapman, The Journal of British Studies
Table of Contents1. Introduction Michael Lobban, Joanne Begiato and Adrian Green; 2. Christopher Brooks's contribution to early modern history Michael J. Braddick; 3. Law, law-consciousness and lawyers as constitutive of early modern England: Christopher W. Brooks's singular journey David Sugarman; 4. 'The hard rind of legal history': F. W. Maitland and the writing of late medieval and early modern British social history R. A. Houston; 5. Fountains of justice: James I, Charles I and equity R. W. Hoyle; 6. The Inns of Court, Renaissance, and the language of modernity Phil Withington; 7. The micro-spatial dynamics of litigation: the Chilvers Coton tithe dispute, Barrows vs. Archer (1657) Steve Hindle; 8. 'Law-mindedness': crowds, courts and popular knowledge of the law in early modern England John Walter; 9. Local laws, local principles: the paradoxes of local legal processes in early modern England Peter Rushton; 10. 'So now you are wed enough': clandestine unions in the north-west of England in the first half of the eighteenth century Joanne Begiato; 11. 'Blunderers and Blotters of the Law? The rise of conveyancing in the eighteenth century and long term socio-legal change' Craig Muldrew; 12. England and America: the role of the Justice of the Peace in County Durham, England and Richmond County, Virginia, in the eighteenth century Gwenda Morgan; 13. Law and architecture in early modern Durham Adrian Green; 14. Law and revolution: the seventeenth century English example C. W. Brooks; 15. Religion and law in early modern England C. W. Brooks.
