A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes: The Yale Law School New Statutes of England

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Rosemarie McGerr A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes The Yale Law School New Statutes of England A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes • IndIana UnIversIty Press Bloomington & Indianapolis A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes The Yale Law School New Statutes of England Rosemarie McGerr This book is a publication of IndIana UnIversIty Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, In 47404–3797 Usa iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2011 by Rosemarie McGerr All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansI Z39.48–1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McGerr, Rosemarie Potz, [date] A Lancastrian mirror for princes : the Yale Law School new statutes of England / Rosemarie McGerr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. IsBn 978-0-253-35641-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. England. Laws, etc. (Nova statuta) 2. Law – England – History – To 1500 – Manuscripts. 3. Great Britain – Politics and government – 1399–1485 – Sources. I. Title. Kd130 1327c 349.42 – dc22 2011007708 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 11 In memoriam MIchael caMIlle & JereMy GrIffIths “And every statut koude he pleyn by rote.” Geoffrey chaUcer Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ...