Law and Kinship in Thirteenth–Century England Worby Paperback 9780861933389

Law and Kinship in ThirteenthCentury England\nby Sam Worby\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sam Worby\nTitle: Law and Kinship in ThirteenthCentury England\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: European history: medieval period, middle ages\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9780861933389\nISBN-10: 0861933389\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFirst comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England.Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with family relations held sway in England during the high middle ages: canon law and common law. In thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe, kinship rules dominated the lives of laymenand laywomen. They determined.