The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, c.1100-c.1500

Sara Elin Roberts

doi:10.1017/9781800106291

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Sara Elin Roberts

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: October 2022
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781800106291
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800106291

Subjects:: Law: General Interest, Law
Series:: Studies in Celtic History

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A ground-breaking study of the lawbooks written in the changing social and political climate of post-conquest Wales.

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The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, c.1100-c.1500

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Illustrations
pp ix-x

Abbreviations
pp xi-xiv

Law Manuscripts and Sigla
pp xv-xviii

Preface
pp xix-xxi

Map
pp xxii-xxii

PART I - READING THE LAW, SHAPING THE LAW
pp 1-2

1 - Introduction: Medieval Welsh Law and the Lawtexts
pp 3-22

2 - ‘A Rather Laborious and Harassing Occupation’: Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales and the Historiography of the Welsh Laws
pp 23-48

3 - ‘Rei a dyweit’: Lawyers and the Law in Medieval Wales
pp 49-86

Appendix – ‘Rei a dyweit’
pp 87-100

PART II - A NEW APPROACH TO CYFRAITH HYWEL
pp 101-102

4 - ‘All Additional and Later Matter’: The ‘Anomalous Laws’ and the Lawtexts
pp 103-132

5 - ‘Achwannec kyureith dylyedus y chynnal’: the Blegywryd Redaction
pp 133-160

6 - ‘O gyureith Hywel Da, a’e arueroed, a’e gynneuodeu’: The Development of the Redaction Manuscripts
pp 161-186

7 - ‘Much matter not elsewhere to be found’: The Non-Redaction Lawbooks
pp 187-208

Conclusion
pp 209-212

Acknowledgements
pp 213-214

Glossary
pp 215-218

Bibliography
pp 219-234

Index
pp 235-242

Index of Manuscripts
pp 243-244

Studies in Celtic History
pp 245-246

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