Aliens in Medieval Law: The Origins of Modern Citizenship

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 11
TABLE OF STATUTES......Page 14
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE – FROM BRACTON TO BLACKSTONE......Page 15
THE BEGINNING......Page 23
THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE......Page 29
THE INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH......Page 31
THE SCOPE AND AIM OF THE PRESENT WORK......Page 33
Part I HISTORY......Page 35
2 FOREIGN MERCHANTS......Page 37
MERCHANTS IN FAIRS......Page 38
Safe-conduct......Page 39
Court of piepowder......Page 43
FOREIGN MERCHANTS IN CITIES......Page 45
‘Liberties’ of a city......Page 46
Merchant groups' access to a city......Page 49
Individual settlement (from the 1250s)......Page 55
Hildebrand Suderman – a case study......Page 59
A NEW APPROACH......Page 66
CONCLUSION......Page 71
3 FOREIGN CLERKS......Page 74
FOREIGN CLERKS AND THE CANON LAW......Page 79
FOREIGN CLERKS AND THE COMMON LAW......Page 84
A NEW APPROACH FOR COMMON LAWYERS......Page 97
CONCLUSION......Page 100
4 FOREIGN RELIGIOUS HOUSES......Page 103
The ecclesiastical terrae normannorum......Page 105
War-time seizures......Page 108
A NEW APPROACH – 1414......Page 113
PROOF OF DESCENT......Page 117
PROCEDURES OF INQUEST......Page 121
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN BIRTH......Page 127
THE STATUTE DE NATIS ULTRA MARE (1351)......Page 130
The petition (1343)......Page 131
The statute (1351)......Page 135
CONCLUSION......Page 137
6 FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE......Page 140
AD FIDEM REGIS......Page 142
LIGEANCE......Page 151
CONCLUSION......Page 157
Part II HISTORIOGRAPHY......Page 159
7 THOMAS LITTLETON, JOHN RASTELL AND EDMUND PLOWDEN......Page 161
LITTLETON'S DEFINITION OF ALIEN......Page 162
EARLY STATUTE-BOOKS......Page 165
JOHN RASTELL AND ELIZABETHAN SUCCESSION TRACTS......Page 169
The impact of John Rastell......Page 171
John Hales' tract (1563)......Page 173
The succession tracts......Page 175
PLOWDEN'S MANUSCRIPT (1567)......Page 177
‘CERTAINE ERROURS UPPON THE STATUTE...’......Page 183
CONCLUSION......Page 187
SUCCESSION TRACTS......Page 189
8 CALVIN'S CASE (1608)......Page 190
ALLEGIANCE: BY LAW OR BY NATURE?......Page 191
TRANSCENDENTAL CONCEPTION OF THE COMMON LAW......Page 196
THE NEW SUMMA DIVISIO PERSONARUM......Page 199
THE BEGINNING OF A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TRADITION......Page 201
SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF EARLY MODERN LEGAL DISCOURSE......Page 203
CONCLUSION......Page 210
9 CONCLUSION......Page 214
EXCURSUS......Page 226
NOTE......Page 242
Selden Society publications......Page 243
Records Commission......Page 244
Other printed sources......Page 245
INDEX......Page 258