Civic Order and Dispute Resolution in 14th and 15th Century London
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2009
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Abstract
During the 14th and 15th centuries, London was a city of 40,000 to
60,000 people crowded into one square mile. Tempers could flare
quickly, and factional strife was common, with disorder sometimes
degenerating into riots such as the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381.
Yet during this period, London became a thriving center of commercial
trade. How could this have happened? Hanawalt credits a well
regulated judicial system through which authorities established respect
for their office and defined the boundaries of correct behavior. In her
new book Civic Order and Dispute Resolution in Fourteenth- and
Fifteenth Century London, Hanawalt investigates the ways in which
London promoted a civic culture of order that provided a favorable
environment for dispute resolution.
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Research project funded in academic year 2008-09
The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.
The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.
Keywords
judicial system, civic culture