IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 607: Property and Law in Medieval England
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | David Carpenter, Department of History, King's College London |
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| Moderator/Chair: | David Carpenter, Department of History, King's College London |
| Paper 607-a | The Formation of the Anglo-Norman Property World: Landed Society and the Honour of Wallingford (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History |
| Paper 607-b | The Heiress and the Bastard: A Husband's Abuse of his Wife's Inheritance in Early 13th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 607-c | 'A reasonable account of his time as a bailiff': Property, Stewardship, and Trust in the 'Action of Account' in 13th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Local History |
| Abstract | Landed property was central to the functioning of English medieval society and a plethora of legal rules were evolved to govern its possession, descent, and stewardship. It is the use and abuse of these rules which are explored in this session. Christopher Tilley provides an overall framework by looking, through the honour of Wallingford, at the formation of the Anglo-Norman property world. The session then explores two major and highly contentious issues in the 13th-century. Richard Cassidy considers the abuse of female inheritance rights while John Sabapathy examines the responsibilities of bailiffs and how they were enforced. |