| Titre | La société paysanne et le droit dans l'Angleterre médiévale | |
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| Auteur | Rodney H. Hilton | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 103-104, 1986 Droit et paysans | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Le droit et les paysans La société paysanne et le droit dans l'Angleterre médiévale |
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| Page | 13-18 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Peasant Society and the Law in Medieval England
Our contributions are concerned with the specific position of peasants as such with regard to the law, than simply as subjects of the Crown. We consider the peasantry in connection with the courts at various levels. These include the higher royal courts of justice (those of King's Bench, Common Pleas, Justices Itinerant and of Royal Forest) ; the lesser royal courts such as the County Courts ; and seigneurial courts of which the manorial courts were the most important. It is emphasized that we cannot assume that the royal courts were impartial as between lords and peasants. When there was a conflict between lords and peasants, the influence of the lords normally gave them the victory at court. On the other hand, we must not assume that peasants were totally powerless in the manorial courts, for the lords had to rely on the richer and middling peasants for the smooth of the courts. Manorial courts, like those higher up, had important administrative as well as jurisdictional functions. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1986_num_103_1_3149 |
