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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1716: The Medieval Law Courts, III: The Inns of Court

Thursday 5 July 2018, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Organiser:Daniel F. Gosling, Department of Archives, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London
Moderator/Chair:Euan Roger, The National Archives, Kew
Paper 1716-aProto-Political Clubs?: The Inns of Court and Parliament in the 15th Century
(Language: English)
Hannes Kleineke, History of Parliament Trust, London
Index terms: Administration, Law, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1716-bEngendering Erudition: Masculinity and Legal Authority in the Inns of Court, c. 1350-1550
(Language: English)
E. Amanda McVitty, School of Humanities, Massey University, New Zealand
Index terms: Gender Studies, Law
Paper 1716-cMedieval Memory at the Inns of Court: The Legal Precedents Cited in Burdett versus Abbot, 1811
(Language: English)
Daniel F. Gosling, Department of Archives, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, London
Index terms: Education, Law
Abstract

The final session in the Medieval Courts strand looks at the Inns of Court, where lawyers of the medieval period learnt their trade. The first paper in this session considers the Inns as a place where MPs from different parts of the country could come together in parliament time, to meet, debate, and negotiate. The second paper looks at these Inns as a place where masculine identity was forged. The third, and final, paper in this session considers how medieval legal precedents continued to be taught to common lawyers at the Inns of Court for centuries, by examining the medieval precedents cited in an 1811 King's Bench case.