Seigneurial Jurisdiction
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Seigneurial Jurisdiction
Editors: Bonfield, Lloyd
Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History, Vol. 21
(2000)
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It is the aim of this collection of reports to establish a basis for comparing various seigneurial courts in pre-modern Europe. The contributors are largely medievalists.To come to terms with the subject, a defintion of courts which were seigneurial, given the variety of legal heritages, had to be set up. One of the first observations made was that on the Continent, where central courts were less prominent, there appears to be a more flexible notion of seigneurial jurisdiction. The contributors then look at the variety of jurisdictions in which lords in medieval and early modern Europe governed the legal relations of their vassals. Also the seigneurial jurisdiction is placed within its national context as one variety of courts which co-existed with other forums. Next the authors observe the origin and nature of substantive law which was implemented in the courts. Finally, focus is put on procedure. In England the medieval period witnessed considerable developments in the way in which cases came before the manorial court and how proof of the compainant's claim was ascertained.The reports provide a framework for further study. They demonstrate similarities and differences between seigneurial jurisdictions in England and on the Continent. One significant observation is that seigneurial jurisdictions seemed to have survived longer on the Continent than in England. Moreover, Continental seigneurial courts seemed to have serviced a broader strata of society. Yet, what is perhaps most striking are the similarities in procedure and in the process of custom making which the collected reports uncover.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table of Contents | 5 | ||
| Lloyd Bonfield | 7 | ||
| Introduction | 7 | ||
| The Continent | 11 | ||
| Jean-François Poudret: La composition des cours de justice dans les pays romands et son influence sur la formation de la coutume (1250-1500) | 41 | ||
| I. Composition des cours de justice | 43 | ||
| 1. Genève | 43 | ||
| 2. Lausanne | 44 | ||
| 3. Pays de Vaud | 47 | ||
| 4. Chablais | 54 | ||
| 5. Valais épiscopal | 56 | ||
| 6. Neuchâtel et Jura | 61 | ||
| 7. Fribourg et Morat | 64 | ||
| II. Le recrutement des coutumiers | 67 | ||
| III. Formation et mentalité | 71 | ||
| Abréviations | 74 | ||
| Jean Coudert: Les justices seigneuriales en Lorraine avant 1600 | 13 | ||
| I. | 15 | ||
| II. | 27 | ||
| Theodor Bühler: Seignorial Jurisdictions in the territories of the diocese of Basle according to sources of the 13th to the 15th centuries | 77 | ||
| I. Generalities | 77 | ||
| 1. The diocese of Basle | 77 | ||
| 2. The seignorie | 77 | ||
| 3. The manor (Dinghof) as center of the seignorie | 78 | ||
| II. The sources | 79 | ||
| III. The seignorial jurisdictions in Basle and its surroundings | 80 | ||
| 1. The cathedral of Basle | 81 | ||
| 2. The abbey of St. Alban | 83 | ||
| 3. The monastery of Einsiedeln | 83 | ||
| 4. The monastery of St. Blasien | 83 | ||
| 5. The provosty and the canonical convent of Moutier-Grandval | 84 | ||
| 6. The provosty and canonical convent of Saint Ursanne | 84 | ||
| 7. The monastery of Bellelay | 85 | ||
| 8. The monastery of Lucelle | 85 | ||
| 9. The secular seignories | 85 | ||
| IV. The different categories of tenants | 87 | ||
| V. The jurisdiction and its limits | 88 | ||
| 1. Personnel | 88 | ||
| 2. Demarcation between the lower justice and the criminal justice | 89 | ||
| 3. Jurisdictions | 90 | ||
| 4. Demarcation of other holders of jurisdictional rights | 91 | ||
| VI. The procedure | 92 | ||
| 1. Place of the pleads | 92 | ||
| 2. Time | 93 | ||
| 3. Summons | 93 | ||
| 4. The chairman | 94 | ||
| 5. The members of the jury | 94 | ||
| 6. The ritual of the opening | 94 | ||
| 7. The pleadings before the court | 95 | ||
| 8. The sentences and the exhibits | 96 | ||
| VII. The appeal | 96 | ||
| VIII. Other jurisdictions in Basle and around Basle | 97 | ||
| 1. The city-court | 97 | ||
| 2. The building court | 98 | ||
| 3. The "Schultheissen"-court of Little-Basle | 98 | ||
| 4. The criminal justice in the city of Basle | 98 | ||
| 5. The Official of the bishop of Basle | 99 | ||
| IX. Comparision with the procedure of seignorial courts in other countries of Switzerland | 100 | ||
| Abbreviations and abbreviated quoted Literature | 101 | ||
| Glossary | 102 | ||
| Francesco Panero: La giurisdizione signorile sui rustici della „Langobardia" nei secoli X–XII | 103 | ||
| I. „Districtio" e „iurisdictio" | 103 | ||
| II. La giurisdizione della „signoria territoriale di banno" | 111 | ||
| III. Giurisdizione, territorialità e residenza dei rustici | 118 | ||
| 1. Il principio di territorialità e oneri pubblici nella dipendenza dalla signoria di banno | 118 | ||
| 2. Giurisdizione e residenza dei rustici | 121 | ||
| 3. Diritti signorili di tipo pubblico e diritti fondiari | 124 | ||
| 4. Territorialità e frazionamento dei diritti signorili | 128 | ||
| 5. La mobilità dei contadini | 130 | ||
| IV. Osservazioni conclusive | 133 | ||
| Dietmar Willoweit: Gerichtsherrschaft und Schöffenrecht am Mittelrhein im 15. Jahrhundert: Beobachtungen anhand der Urteile des Ingelheimer Oberhofes | 145 | ||
| I. Strukturen des ländlichen Gerichtswesens im Raum des fränkischen Rechts | 145 | ||
| II. Die örtliche Gerichtsbarkeit im Bereich des Ingelheimer Oberhofe | 149 | ||
| III. Fallstudie: Die Stellung des Gerichtsherrn und der Schöffen in den Orten des Ingelheimer Rechts | 153 | ||
| IV. Ausblick | 158 | ||
| Friedrich Ebel: Ursprünge und Entwicklungen adeliger Gerichtsbarkeit (Patrimonialgerichtsbarkeit) in Nord- und Ostdeutschland | 161 | ||
| I. Thema | 161 | ||
| II. Die Entstehung der Patrimonialgerichtsbarkeit in norddeutschen Landschaften | 163 | ||
| IIII. Das östliche Deutschland | 167 | ||
| IV. Insbesondere die Lokation | 169 | ||
| V. Der Kampf des Staates gegen die Patrimonialgerichtsbarkeit | 171 | ||
| VI. Das Ende der Patrimonialgerichtsbarkeit | 173 | ||
| England | 175 | ||
| Lloyd Bonfield: The role of seigneurial jurisdiction after the Norman Conquest and the nature of customary law in medieval England | 177 | ||
| Introduction | 177 | ||
| The jurisdictional puzzle | 178 | ||
| The nature of custom | 182 | ||
| Conclusion | 193 | ||
| L. R. Poos: Medieval English manorial courts: Their records and their jurisdiction | 195 | ||
| R. H. Helmholz: Independence and uniformity in England’s manorial courts | 215 | ||
| I. Introduction | 215 | ||
| II. Control from without | 217 | ||
| 1. The criminal law | 217 | ||
| 2. Personal actions : debt and trespass | 220 | ||
| 3. Procedural rules | 222 | ||
| III. Direction from within | 224 | ||
| 1. Land transfer and succession | 224 | ||
| 2. Pleading and the forms of action | 226 | ||
| 3. Defamation | 228 | ||
| IV. Jurisdictional conflicts | 230 | ||
| 1. Appellate review of manorial court decisions | 231 | ||
| 2. Conflicts with the courts of other lords | 231 | ||
| 3. Conflicts with the ecclesiastical courts | 233 | ||
| V. Conclusion | 236 | ||
| List of Authors | 237 |