The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval and Reformation England, 9780198916772
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Town customs shaped England: authority, morality, and identity defined.
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The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval and Reformation England

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    288 pages

  • Release Date

    18 June 2025

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Summary

Title: Town Law: Custom and Identity in Medieval and Reformation England

Description:

Drawing on a quantitative analysis of hundreds of printed and archival sources from 77 towns, Town Law: Custom and Identity in Medieval and Reformation England is the first cross-regional investigation into the history of urban customs since Mary Bateson’s seminal, two-volume work Borough Customs (1904-1906).

In contrast to English common law and c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198916772
ISBN-10:0198916779
Author:Esther Liberman Cuenca
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:18 June 2025
Weight:628g
Dimensions:240mm x 165mm x 20mm
About The Author

Esther Liberman Cuenca

Esther Liberman Cuenca received her PhD in History from Fordham University and is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Houston-Victoria in Victoria, Texas. She is an editor of the undergraduate textbook, Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World: An Introduction through Film (Fordham Press, 2025), and her essays have appeared in Urban History, The Paris Review, Continuity and Change, and HistoricalReflections/Réflexions Historiques. She has received fellowships and awards from the Mellon Foundation, Medieval Academy of America, and American Philosophical Society. In 2022⁄23, she was a Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

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