Charters of the Borough of Cambridge - Couverture rigide

Bateson, Mary; Maitland, F W

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521056616 ISBN 13 : 9780521056618

Editeur : Cambridge University Press 1901., 1901

Synopsis

xxxvii 209p black cloth with gilt arms to front, frontispiece with tissueguard, a nice fresh copy from a Cambridge college library, hardly used, excellent copy, very well produced, printed on high quality paper, very good indeed, first edition

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Professor F. W. Maitland was the foremost Victorian scholar on English legal history, and Mary Bateson a Cambridge medieval historian. This 1901 volume was edited for the Corporation of Cambridge and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. It provides a transcript and translation of the royal charters issued to the borough of Cambridge between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries. Maitland lays stress on the considerable independence the medieval borough had. It was largely self-governing, royal charters bestowing or confirming liberties rather than regulating the town governance or providing a constitution. However, there were some limitations, chiefly relating to justice, for which royal permission was needed. It was not until the late seventeenth century that royal authority began to tighten its control of borough affairs. The introduction explains the conventions of such charters, and how the reader should interpret the information contained therein. A valuable source of local history with wider significance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press 1901.
• Date d'édition: 1901
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521056616
• ISBN 13: 9780521056618
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
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