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Town Courts and Urban Society in Late Medieval England, 1250-1500Author(s): Richard Goddard, Teresa Phipps, Alan Kissane, Christopher Dyer, Esther Liberman Cuenca, J W Laughton, Jeremy Goldberg, Maryanne Kowaleski, Richard Goddard, Samantha Sagui\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781783274253, 978-1783274253\nSynopsis\nFirst full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts.\n\nTown courts were the principal institution responsible for the delivery of justice and urban administration within medieval towns. Their records survive in large quantities in archives across England, and they provide an unparalleled insight into the lives and work of thousands of men and women who lived in these towns. The court rolls tell us much about the practice of law at the local level within towns, as well as yielding a broad range of perspectiveson the economy, society and administration of towns.\ni