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The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law one of the classic subjects of medieval history. This much expanded second edition spans the centuries from King Alfred to Magna Carta abandoning the traditional but restrictive break at the Norman Conquest. Within a strong interpretative framework it also integrates legal developments with wider changes in the thought society and politics of the time. Rather than simply tracing elements of the common law back to their Anglo-Saxon Norman or other origins John Hudson examines and analyses the emergence of the common law from the interaction of various elements that developed over time such as the powerful royal government inherited from Anglo-Saxon England and land holding customs arising from the Norman Conquest. Containing a new chapter charting the Anglo-Saxon period as well as a fully revised Further Reading section this new edition is an authoritative yet highly accessible introduction to the formation of the English common law and is ideal for students of history and law. | The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

GBP 42.99
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Olaus Magnus A Description of the Northern Peoples 1555 Volume III

Olaus Magnus A Description of the Northern Peoples 1555 Volume III

The Swedish scholar and prelate Olaus Magnus (1490-1557) last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered nor his determination to give them a glorious place on the European cultural map by his writings. On his justly famous Carta Marina published in Venice in 1539 he promised a fuller account of the North and its marvels. This he accomplished in January 1555 when he issued from his own press in Rome his magnificent Historia de gentibus septenrionalibus. This quarto volume of 815 pages divided into 22 books and a total of 778 chapters was lavishly illustrated with some 480 woodcuts most of them closely relevant to the technical matters discussed by the author. The book was an immediate success and half a dozen editions appeared in the century after Olaus’s death. It became even better known in an epitome published in Antwerp in 1558 which was also frequently reprinted and translated. This appeared in English in 1658 but it is only with the present version complete with illustrations that the whole work is made available to the English-reading world. It is indeed only the second full translation to appear in modern times preceded a Swedish version published in four parts between 1909 and 1925. There is little history in the sense of chronological narrative in Olaus Magnus’s Historia. It is rightly regarded as an ethnographic essay on an encyclopaedic scale touching on a vast variety of topics snowflakes and sea-serpents elks and artillery sables and saltpetre watermills and werewolves. Much of it was culled from ancient authorities- it was a matter of patriotic pride to identify the Swedes as the only legitimate descendants of the Goths- but much of it was derived from the author’s personal observations especially those made on his early travels in North Sweden. His pioneering and sympathetic account of the Lapps and their way of life has attracted p | Olaus Magnus A Description of the Northern Peoples 1555 Volume III

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The Human Rights Reader Major Political Essays Speeches and Documents From Ancient Times to the Present

The Human Rights Reader Major Political Essays Speeches and Documents From Ancient Times to the Present

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a variety of new primary documents and readings and elaborates the exploration of rights in the areas of race gender refugees climate Artificial Intelligence drones and cyber security and nationalism and Internationalism. In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis it addresses human rights challenges reflected in and posed by global health inequities. Each part of the reader corresponds to five historical phases in the history of human rights and explores the arguments debates and issues of inclusiveness central to those eras. This edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of essays speeches and documents from historical and contemporary sources all of which are placed in context with Micheline Ishay’s substantial introduction to the Reader as a whole and context-setting introductions to each part and chapter. New to the Third Edition 60 new readings and documents cover subjects ranging from human rights in the age of globalization and populism debates of the rights of citizens versus those of refugees and immigrants transgender rights the new Jim Crow and the future of human rights as they relate to digital surveillance the pandemic and bioengineering Part I has been reorganized into three chapters: the Secular Tradition Asian and African Religions and Traditions and the Monotheistic Religions Part V has been significantly updated and expanded with the addition of an entirely new chapter — Debating the Future of Human Rights. Each of the six parts in the book is preceded by an editorial introduction and in four of the parts a separate selection providing the reader with a general background on the history and themes represented in the readings that follow Each part and several chapters conclude with new Questions for Discussion authored by the volume editor An extensive new online resource includes 62 key human rights documents ranging from the Magna Carta to the United Nations Glasgow Climate Pact | The Human Rights Reader Major Political Essays Speeches and Documents From Ancient Times to the Present

GBP 37.99
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