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 |
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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-a | Proto-Political Clubs?: The Inns of Court and Parliament in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1716-b | Engendering Erudition: Masculinity and Legal Authority in the Inns of Court, c. 1350-1550 (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law |
Paper 1716-c | Medieval Memory at the Inns of Court: The Legal Precedents Cited in Burdett versus Abbot, 1811 (Language: English) 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. |