Lords' Rights and Peasant Stories: Writing and the Formation of Tradition in the Later Middle Ages

Simon Teuscher

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

Lords' Rights and Peasant Stories

Writing and the Formation of Tradition in the Later Middle Ages

Simon Teuscher
Translated by: Philip Grace

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812208818

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About this book

Lords' Rights and Peasant Stories suggests rethinking master narratives about transitions from oral to literate societies, examining how village laws (Weistümer) were written down.

Author / Editor information

Simon Teuscher is Professor of History at the University of Zurich.

Reviews

"An illuminating study. . . . Teuscher offers both a valuable case study of later medieval legal development,
as well as a more general reflection on the processes in the development of legal traditions and, in also making his work more widely available to an Anglophone readership, through this clear translation of a work first published in German in 2007, has produced a welcome and significant contribution to this area of research."—Phillipp Schofield, Law and History Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Two Inquiry Procedures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2. Dealing with Lordship Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 3. Deposition Records: Techniques of Transcription and Narration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter 4. Weistümer: Microcosms of Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Chapter 5. Styles of Document Usage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 5 illus.
Keywords: History; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: February 12, 2013
ISBN: 9780812208818