LEADER 03850nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910819156103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-511-84706-8 010 $a1-107-18885-7 010 $a0-521-18226-3 010 $a1-282-63093-8 010 $a9786612630934 010 $a0-511-75723-9 010 $a0-511-75702-6 010 $a0-511-75730-1 010 $a0-511-75688-7 010 $a0-511-75716-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000010132 035 $a(EBL)534753 035 $a(OCoLC)638859660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10415816 035 $a(PQKB)10021950 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511757372 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394686 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL263093 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000010132 100 $a20080821d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLaw, politics and society in early modern England /$fChristopher W. Brooks 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 456 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-511-75737-9 311 $a0-521-32391-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 433-442) and index. 327 $aEnglish history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state. 330 $aLaw, like religion, provided one of the principal discourses through which early-modern English people conceptualised the world in which they lived. Transcending traditional boundaries between social, legal and political history, this innovative and authoritative study examines the development of legal thought and practice from the later middle ages through to the outbreak of the English civil war, and explores the ways in which law mediated and constituted social and economic relationships within the household, the community, and the state at all levels. By arguing that English common law was essentially the creation of the wider community, it challenges many current assumptions and opens new perspectives about how early-modern society should be understood. Its magisterial scope and lucid exposition will make it essential reading for those interested in subjects ranging from high politics and constitutional theory to the history of the family, as well as the history of law. 606 $aLaw$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aLaw$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aLaw$xHistory 615 0$aLaw$xHistory 676 $a349.42 700 $aBrooks$b C. W$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819156103321 996 $aLaw, politics and society in early modern England$93978767 997 $aUNINA