The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, vol. 1

First published in 1895, Sir Frederick Pollock and Frederic William Maitland’s legal classic The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I expanded the work of Sir Edward Coke and William Blackstone by exploring the origins of key aspects of English common law and society and with them the development of individual rights as these were gradually carved out from the authority of the Crown and the Church. Although it has been more than a century since its initial publication, Pollock and Maitland’s work is still considered an accessible and useful foundational reference for scholars of medieval English law. Volume one begins with an examination of Anglo-Saxon law, goes on to consider the changes in law introduced by the Normans, then moves to the twelfth-century “Age of Glanvill,” with the first great compilation of English laws and customs, followed by the thirteenth-century “Age of Bracton,” author of another major treatise on the same subject.
The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I. Reprint of 2nd edition, with a Select Bibliography and Notes by Professor S.F. Milsom. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2010). Vol. 1.
Copyright:
Select bibliography and notes by Professor S. F. C. Milsom, published here as an appendix, was originally published in Cambridge University Press’s 1968 reissue of The History of English Law before the Time of Edward I. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press.
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- Author: Frederic William Maitland
- Author: Sir Frederick Pollock
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Table of Contents
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Texts Used.1
- Additions and Corrections
- Introduction
- BOOK I: SKETCH OF EARLY ENGLISH LEGAL HISTORY
- CHAPTER I: The Dark Age in Legal History
- CHAPTER II: Anglo-Saxon Law
- CHAPTER III: Norman Law1
- CHAPTER IV: England under the Norman Kings
- CHAPTER V: Roman and Canon Law
- CHAPTER VI: The Age of Glanvill
- CHAPTER VII: The Age of Bracton
- BOOK II: THE DOCTRINES OF ENGLISH LAW IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER I: Tenure
- § 1.: Tenure in General
- § 2.: Frankalmoin
- § 3.: Knight’s Service
- § 4.: Serjeanty
- § 5.: Socage
- § 6.: Homage and Fealty
- § 7.: Relief and Primer Seisin
- § 8.: Wardship and Marriage
- § 9.: Restraints on Alienation
- § 10.: Aids
- § 11.: Escheat and Forfeiture
- § 12.: Unfree Tenure
- § 13.: The Ancient Demesne540
- CHAPTER II: The Sorts and Conditions of Men
- § 1.: The Earls and Barons
- § 2.: The Knights
- § 3.: The Unfree
- § 4.: Edition: orig; Page: [416]The Religious
- § 5.: Edition: orig; Page: [422]The Clergy
- § 6.: Edition: orig; Page: [441]Aliens
- § 7.: Edition: orig; Page: [451]The Jews226
- § 8.: Edition: orig; Page: [459]Outlaws and Convicted Felons
- § 9.: Excommunicates
- § 10.: Lepers, Lunatics and Idiots
- § 11.: Edition: orig; Page: [465]Women
- § 12.: Edition: orig; Page: [469]Corporations and Churches301
- § 13.: Edition: orig; Page: [495]The King and The Crown
- CHAPTER III: Jurisdiction and the Communities of the Land
- § 1.: Edition: orig; Page: [518]The County
- § 2.: The Hundred
- § 3.: The Vill and The Township
- § 4.: The Tithing
- § 5.: Seignorial Jurisdiction
- § 6.: The Manor
- § 7.: The Manor and the Township
- § 8.: The BoroughEdition: orig; Page: [625]