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The "Coutumes de Beauvaisis" of Philippe de Beaumanoir

  • Philippe de Beaumanoir
  • Translated by: F. R. P. Akehurst
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015
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F. R. P. Akehurst provides the first English translation of the complete text of Coutumes, the customary law of Clermont in the Beauvais region as it was practiced and understood in the late thirteenth century. The Coutumes de Beauvaisis provides a unique perspective on thirteenth-century civil and criminal trials.

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F. R. P. Akehurst is Professor of French at the University of Minnesota and translator of The Etablissements de Saint Louis: Thirteenth-Century Law Texts from Tours, Orleans, and Paris.

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Contents

    vii
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    Abbreviations

    xi
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    Introduction

    xiii
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    Map

    xxxiii
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    Prologue

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    1. Judges

    14
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    2. Summonses

    33
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    3. Permissible Delays

    47
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    4. Attorneys

    57
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    5. Advocates

    69
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    6. Complaints

    76
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    7. Answers

    92
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    8. Latecomers

    103
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    9. Inspections

    106
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    10. Superior Jurisdiction

    112
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    11. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

    118
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    12. Wills

    133
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    13. Dower

    155
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    14. Inherited Real Property

    165
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    15. Custodianship

    180
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    16. Minors

    194
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    17. Tutors

    201
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    18. Illegitimacy

    204
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    19. Consanguinity

    216
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    20. Good-Faith Holders

    219
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    21. Partnerships

    223
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    22. Corporations

    237
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    23. Property

    244
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    24. Customs

    249
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    25. Highways

    263
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    26. Measurements

    273
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    27. Prices

    279
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    28. Horses

    288
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    29. Services

    291
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    30. Offenses

    302
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    31. Larceny

    334
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    32. Novel Disseisin

    340
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    33. Fraud

    351
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    34. Contracts

    355
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    35. Writings

    381
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    36. Safekeeping

    395
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    37. Loans

    400
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    38. Rentals

    405
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    39. Proofs

    418
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    40. Auditors

    443
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    41. Arbitrators

    458
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    42. Liquidated Damages

    470
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    43. Sureties

    474
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    44. Redemption

    486
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    45. Avowals

    506
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    46. Religious Houses

    525
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    47. Subinfeudation

    530
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    48. Freehold

    536
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    49. Necessity

    540
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    50. Communes

    543
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    51. Seizures

    551
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    52. Trespass

    560
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    53. Reclamation

    571
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    54. Creditors' Remedies I

    576
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    55. Creditors' Remedies II

    585
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    56. Incompetents

    589
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    57. Marital Maintenance

    593
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    58. Jurisdiction

    599
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    59. Private War

    610
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    60. Truces

    619
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    61. Appeals

    627
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    62. Default of Judgment

    652
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    63. Defenses

    659
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    64. Judicial Battles

    670
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    65. Jurors' Delays

    677
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    66. Recusal

    684
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    67. Judgment

    689
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    68. Usury

    704
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    69. Misadventure

    710
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    70. Unenforceable Gifts

    720
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    Conclusion

    725
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    Glossary of Selected Terms Used in the Translation, with Their Old French Equivalent(s)

    727
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    Index

    735

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9781512800029
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792
https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800029
eBook ISBN: 9781512800029
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