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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10019878631X

ISBN-139780198786313

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Number of Pages416 Pages

Publication NameLaw and Order in Anglo-Saxon England

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectGeneral, Europe / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, History

AuthorTom Lambert

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight25.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-949767

Reviews"Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book - essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England." -- Times Literary Supplement "Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History, "This is an important book. Representing the most significant rethinking of Anglo-Saxon law and order ... its arguments will be rehearsed and revisited for years to come ... This is a truly superb first monograph, which will not only change the way we approach Anglo-Saxon law and order, but how we think about legislation and society in the early medieval West more generally. I cannot recommend it strongly enough." -- Levi Roach, History "Tom Lambert has written an immensely stimulating book, which carefully attempts to piece together the ideal vision of social order lying behind the laws of Anglo-Saxon England. It deserves attention from a wide audience." -- Conor O'Brien, Churchill College, Cambridge, Early Medieval Europe "[T]his book is an important contribution to the scholarship on Anglo-Saxon law and legal culture, one that deserves a place in bibliographies and classrooms, and will certainly have a place in my own."--Jay Gates, H-Law "Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book--essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England."--Times Literary Supplement "Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History, "Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book - essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England." -- Times Literary Supplement, "This is an important book. Representing the most significant rethinking of Anglo-Saxon law and order ... its arguments will be rehearsed and revisited for years to come ... This is a truly superb first monograph, which will not only change the way we approach Anglo-Saxon law and order, but how we think about legislation and society in the early medieval West more generally. I cannot recommend it strongly enough." -- Levi Roach, History"Tom Lambert has written an immensely stimulating book, which carefully attempts to piece together the ideal vision of social order lying behind the laws of Anglo-Saxon England. It deserves attention from a wide audience." -- Conor O'Brien, Churchill College, Cambridge, Early Medieval Europe"[T]his book is an important contribution to the scholarship on Anglo-Saxon law and legal culture, one that deserves a place in bibliographies and classrooms, and will certainly have a place in my own."--Jay Gates, H-Law"Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book--essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England."--Times Literary Supplement"Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History, "Tom Lambert has written an immensely stimulating book, which carefully attempts to piece together the ideal vision of social order lying behind the laws of Anglo-Saxon England. It deserves attention from a wide audience." -- Conor O'Brien, Churchill College, Cambridge, Early Medieval Europe "[T]his book is an important contribution to the scholarship on Anglo-Saxon law and legal culture, one that deserves a place in bibliographies and classrooms, and will certainly have a place in my own."--Jay Gates, H-Law "Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book--essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England."--Times Literary Supplement "Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History, "[T]his book is an important contribution to the scholarship on Anglo-Saxon law and legal culture, one that deserves a place in bibliographies and classrooms, and will certainly have a place in my own."--Jay Gates, H-Law "Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book--essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England."--Times Literary Supplement "Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History, "Tom Lambert has produced an enormously rich book--essential reading for anyone interested not just in the law, but in the society and rule of early England."--Times Literary Supplement "Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England makes good on its promises, persuasively demonstrating the role of Anglo-Saxon communities in enforcing law, and the role of legal assemblies in constituting communities, over the course of four centuries. It is precisely because it able to draw these imaginative connections, engaging with matters of identity and community as much as it does legal and social order, that this book deserves a wide audience."--Philippa Byrne, Reviews in History

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal349.4209021

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Approaching Law and Order in the Early Middle AgesPART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LEGAL ORDER1. Law before Æthelberht2. Kingship, Legislation, and Punishment in the Seventh Century3. Royal Administration and Legal Practice to the Early Tenth CenturyPART II: ORDER AND "THE STATE" IN LATE ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND4. Substantive Legal Change5. Ideals of Kingship and Order6. Local Legal Practice and Royal Control7. Rights and RevenuesConclusion: Continuity, Change, and the Norman ConquestBibliography

SynopsisThe only modern book-length account of Anglo-Saxon legal culture and practice, from the pre-Christian laws of Æthelberht of Kent (c. 600) up to the Norman conquest of 1066, charting the development of kings' involvement in law, in terms both of their authority to legislate and their ability to influence local practice., Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England explores English legal culture and practice across the Anglo-Saxon period, beginning with the essentially pre-Christian laws enshrined in writing by King AEthelberht of Kent in c. 600 and working forward to the Norman Conquest of 1066. It attempts to escape the traditional retrospective assumptions of legal history, focused on the late twelfth-century Common Law, and to establish a new interpretative framework for the subject, more sensitive to contemporary cultural assumptions and practical realities. The focus of the volume is on the maintenance of order: what constituted good order; what forms of wrongdoing were threatening to it; what roles kings, lords, communities, and individuals were expected to play in maintaining it; and how that worked in practice. Its core argument is that the Anglo-Saxons had a coherent, stable, and enduring legal order that lacks modern analogies: it was neither state-like nor stateless, and needs to be understood on its own terms rather than as a variant or hybrid of these models. Tom Lambert elucidates a distinctively early medieval understanding of the tension between the interests of individuals and communities, and a vision of how that tension ought to be managed that, strikingly, treats strongly libertarian and communitarian features as complementary. Potentially violent, honour-focused feuding was an integral aspect of legitimate legal practice throughout the period, but so too was fearsome punishment for forms of wrongdoing judged socially threatening. Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England charts the development of kings' involvement in law, in terms both of their authority to legislate and their ability to influence local practice, presenting a picture of increasingly ambitious and effective royal legal innovation that relied more on the cooperation of local communal assemblies than kings' sparse and patchy network of administrative officials., Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England explores English legal culture and practice across the Anglo-Saxon period, beginning with the essentially pre-Christian laws enshrined in writing by King Æthelberht of Kent in c. 600 and working forward to the Norman Conquest of 1066. It attempts to escape the traditional retrospective assumptions of legal history, focused on the late twelfth-century Common Law, and to establish a new interpretative framework for the subject, more sensitive to contemporary cultural assumptions and practical realities. The focus of the volume is on the maintenance of order: what constituted good order; what forms of wrongdoing were threatening to it; what roles kings, lords, communities, and individuals were expected to play in maintaining it; and how that worked in practice. Its core argument is that the Anglo-Saxons had a coherent, stable, and enduring legal order that lacks modern analogies: it was neither state-like nor stateless, and needs to be understood on its own terms rather than as a variant or hybrid of these models. Tom Lambert elucidates a distinctively early medieval understanding of the tension between the interests of individuals and communities, and a vision of how that tension ought to be managed that, strikingly, treats strongly libertarian and communitarian features as complementary. Potentially violent, honour-focused feuding was an integral aspect of legitimate legal practice throughout the period, but so too was fearsome punishment for forms of wrongdoing judged socially threatening. Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England charts the development of kings' involvement in law, in terms both of their authority to legislate and their ability to influence local practice, presenting a picture of increasingly ambitious and effective royal legal innovation that relied more on the cooperation of local communal assemblies than kings' sparse and patchy network of administrative officials.

LC Classification NumberKD532