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BL
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952720
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b707090
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| Main Entry
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Brooks, C. W.
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| Title & Author
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Law, politics and society in early modern England /\ Christopher W. Brooks.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xii, 456 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511756887
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: 0511757026
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: 0511757166
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: 0511757239
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: 0511757301
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: 0511847068
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: 0521182263
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: 1107188857
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: 1282630938
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: 6612630930
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: 9780511756887
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: 9780511757020
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: 9780511757167
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: 9780511757235
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: 9780511757303
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: 9780511757372
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: 9780511847066
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: 9780521182263
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: 9781107188853
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: 9781282630932
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: 9786612630934
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0521323916
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9780521323918
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-442) and index.
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| Contents
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English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.
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| Abstract
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Examines legal thought and practice from the later middle ages through to the middle of the seventeenth century.
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Law-- England-- History-- 16th century.
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Law-- England-- History-- 17th century.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Law.
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Politik
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Recht
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England
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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349.42
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| LC Classification
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KD612.B76 2008eb
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