First full analysis of the rich records surviving from medieval English town courts. Town courts were the principal institution responsible for the delivery of

Interrogates the standard view of turbulent and violent town-abbey relations through a combination of traditional and new research techniques.

Since the mid-twentieth century, political histories of late medieval England have focused almost exclusively on the relationship between the Crown and aristocr

This is the first in-depth, comparative study of women's access to justice in medieval English towns. It compares the records of Nottingham, Chester and Winches

The prevailing political theory of late medieval England established the wealthiest men as the best able to bear the responsibilities of town governance and pro