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The "Coutumes de Beauvaisis" of Philippe de Beaumanoir /

de Beaumanoir, Philippe

The "Coutumes de Beauvaisis" of Philippe de Beaumanoir / Philippe de Beaumanoir. - 1 online resource (792 p.) : 2 illus. - The Middle Ages Series .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Map -- Prologue -- 1. Judges -- 2. Summonses -- 3. Permissible Delays -- 4. Attorneys -- 5. Advocates -- 6. Complaints -- 7. Answers -- 8. Latecomers -- 9. Inspections -- 10. Superior Jurisdiction -- 11. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction -- 12. Wills -- 13. Dower -- 14. Inherited Real Property -- 15. Custodianship -- 16. Minors -- 17. Tutors -- 18. Illegitimacy -- 19. Consanguinity -- 20. Good-Faith Holders -- 21. Partnerships -- 22. Corporations -- 23. Property -- 24. Customs -- 25. Highways -- 26. Measurements -- 27. Prices -- 28. Horses -- 29. Services -- 30. Offenses -- 31. Larceny -- 32. Novel Disseisin -- 33. Fraud -- 34. Contracts -- 35. Writings -- 36. Safekeeping -- 37. Loans -- 38. Rentals -- 39. Proofs -- 40. Auditors -- 41. Arbitrators -- 42. Liquidated Damages -- 43. Sureties -- 44. Redemption

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F. R. P. Akehurst provides the first English translation of the complete text of Coutumes, the customary law of Clermont in the Beauvais region as it was practiced and understood in the late thirteenth century. The Coutumes de Beauvaisis provides a unique perspective on thirteenth-century civil and criminal trials.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780812231052 9781512800029

10.9783/9781512800029 doi


Customary law--France--Beauvais.
Law--France--Beauvais--Sources.
Law, Medieval.
Law.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
HISTORY / Medieval.

KJV264.B433 / B4313 1992eb

349.44 344.4