Anthony Musson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3978136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Musson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Musson |
| SIGNATURE | MUSSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Historic Royal Palaces |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4447-3649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Memory, Reputation and the Politics of Death in the Medieval Irish Lordship , by Joanna MacGugan
This is an intriguing book, focusing on social and cultural practices surrounding death, especially those underlying legal culture in the Irish Lordship in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Innovatively, Joanna MacGugan examines these using several types of legal source and through conceptions of fama (common fame) found in a person’s reputation, honour, rank, social status, creditability and the social and political connections…
Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey
Journal Article Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey Get access Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2019; pp. 227. £ 60). Anthony Musson Anthony Musson Historic Royal Palaces, London, UK [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The…
Illuminated English Law Books
Illuminated books of the English legal tradition follow distinct iconographic patterns depending on the nature of the legal material included. The article explores correlations and dissonance between image and text as well as the symbolism associated with the imagery (in both initials and the margins) and its connection to political, legal and social discourses. It evaluates what the images reveal about key concepts of medieval law and justice, i…
Medieval Women and Urban Justice
As this fine contribution to Manchester University Press’s Gender in History series demonstrates, urban court records offer an ‘unparalleled insight’ not only into ordinary women’s active experience of the law in medieval England, but also into ‘their lives, interactions and relationships’ (p. 1). Teresa Phipps draws on the surviving legal records of three contrasting urban communities, Winchester, Chester and Nottingham, to explore women’s engag…
Historians on John Gower
Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages
Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages
Patterns of Supplication and Litigation Strategies
Petitioning the crown as an individual involved seeking to gain the attention of the king either through an oral supplication recorded by the parliamentary clerks or via a document containing the request for grace submitted to the clerks in the petitioner's absence. Unless the petition was ‘fast-tracked’ and read out to the king and his council during a parliamentary session, it was delegated to a committee of ‘auditors and triers’ comprising mem…
The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture
Legal Books in the Early Modern Western World
From England to France
Exile occupies a significant, if misunderstood and under-appreciated role in the legal, moral and social history of the Middle Ages. Imposed or accepted voluntarily, exile as a concept conjures up Biblical narratives and the plots of literary fiction of all eras, yet, as William Chester Jordan argues in this fascinating book, it should neither be unduly romanticised nor played down as a form of punishment. In the high Middle Ages, a ‘substantial …
The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550
Journal Article The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550: A Prosopography of the Inns of Court and Chancery and the Courts of Law (Vols. 1–2), ed. John Baker Get access The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550: A Prosopography of the Inns of Court and Chancery and the Courts of Law (Vols. 1–2), ed. John Baker (London: Selden Society Supplementary Series 18, 2012; pp. 1,809. £125). Anthony Musson Anthony Musson 1Bracton Centre for Legal History Research, University o…
Making Legal History
Expectations of the Law in the Middle Ages
Appealing to the Past
The Evolution of English Justice
Twelve Good Men and True? The Character of Early Fourteenth-Century Juries
Over the last decade special attention has been accorded to the development of the trial jury. Historians have examined, within the context of the administration of justice and across a broad chronological span, the shifting character of English juries. Thomas Green himself has contributed much to our understanding of medieval jury behavior by synthesizing his own and existing research to form a useful working hypothesis and by highlighting in pa…
Public Order and Law Enforcement
A very welcome book. It deals with a crucial, yet under-studied period in the history of the medieval legal system, and emphasises the interaction of law and society. - English Historical Review. A major contribution not only to legal, but also to political and social history. - History. The final phase in Angevin administrative advances in England was crucial in determining the shape and principal features of England's new judicial system. This …
Parliament and the Press
Journal Article PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESS: A HISTORICAL SURVEY—III Get access A.E. MUSSON A.E. MUSSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume IX, Issue 4, 1955, Pages 404–417, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052913 Published: 01 January 1955
Twelve Good Men and True? The Character of Early Fourteenth-Century Juries
Over the last decade special attention has been accorded to the development of the trial jury. Historians have examined, within the context of the administration of justice and across a broad chronological span, the shifting character of English juries. Thomas Green himself has contributed much to our understanding of medieval jury behavior by synthesizing his own and existing research to form a useful working hypothesis and by highlighting in pa…
Parliament and the Press
Journal Article PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESS: A HISTORICAL SURVEY—III Get access A.E. MUSSON A.E. MUSSON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume IX, Issue 4, 1955, Pages 404–417, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052913 Published: 01 January 1955
Twelve Good Men and True? The Character of Early Fourteenth-Century Juries
Over the last decade special attention has been accorded to the development of the trial jury. Historians have examined, within the context of the administration of justice and across a broad chronological span, the shifting character of English juries. Thomas Green himself has contributed much to our understanding of medieval jury behavior by synthesizing his own and existing research to form a useful working hypothesis and by highlighting in pa…
Public Order and Law Enforcement
A very welcome book. It deals with a crucial, yet under-studied period in the history of the medieval legal system, and emphasises the interaction of law and society. - English Historical Review. A major contribution not only to legal, but also to political and social history. - History. The final phase in Angevin administrative advances in England was crucial in determining the shape and principal features of England's new judicial system. This …
The Evolution of English Justice
Expectations of the Law in the Middle Ages
Appealing to the Past
Making Legal History
The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550
Journal Article The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550: A Prosopography of the Inns of Court and Chancery and the Courts of Law (Vols. 1–2), ed. John Baker Get access The Men of Court, 1440 to 1550: A Prosopography of the Inns of Court and Chancery and the Courts of Law (Vols. 1–2), ed. John Baker (London: Selden Society Supplementary Series 18, 2012; pp. 1,809. £125). Anthony Musson Anthony Musson 1Bracton Centre for Legal History Research, University o…
The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture
Legal Books in the Early Modern Western World
From England to France
Exile occupies a significant, if misunderstood and under-appreciated role in the legal, moral and social history of the Middle Ages. Imposed or accepted voluntarily, exile as a concept conjures up Biblical narratives and the plots of literary fiction of all eras, yet, as William Chester Jordan argues in this fascinating book, it should neither be unduly romanticised nor played down as a form of punishment. In the high Middle Ages, a ‘substantial …
Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages
Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages
Patterns of Supplication and Litigation Strategies
Petitioning the crown as an individual involved seeking to gain the attention of the king either through an oral supplication recorded by the parliamentary clerks or via a document containing the request for grace submitted to the clerks in the petitioner's absence. Unless the petition was ‘fast-tracked’ and read out to the king and his council during a parliamentary session, it was delegated to a committee of ‘auditors and triers’ comprising mem…
Historians on John Gower
Illuminated English Law Books
Illuminated books of the English legal tradition follow distinct iconographic patterns depending on the nature of the legal material included. The article explores correlations and dissonance between image and text as well as the symbolism associated with the imagery (in both initials and the margins) and its connection to political, legal and social discourses. It evaluates what the images reveal about key concepts of medieval law and justice, i…
Medieval Women and Urban Justice
As this fine contribution to Manchester University Press’s Gender in History series demonstrates, urban court records offer an ‘unparalleled insight’ not only into ordinary women’s active experience of the law in medieval England, but also into ‘their lives, interactions and relationships’ (p. 1). Teresa Phipps draws on the surviving legal records of three contrasting urban communities, Winchester, Chester and Nottingham, to explore women’s engag…
Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey
Journal Article Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey Get access Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War, by Philip J. Caudrey (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2019; pp. 227. £ 60). Anthony Musson Anthony Musson Historic Royal Palaces, London, UK [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The…
Social Memory, Reputation and the Politics of Death in the Medieval Irish Lordship , by Joanna MacGugan
This is an intriguing book, focusing on social and cultural practices surrounding death, especially those underlying legal culture in the Irish Lordship in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Innovatively, Joanna MacGugan examines these using several types of legal source and through conceptions of fama (common fame) found in a person’s reputation, honour, rank, social status, creditability and the social and political connections…
Political science (14 works) · Law (13 works) · History (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Historical Legal Studies and Society (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Medieval Literature and History (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economic Justice (5 works) · Historical Economic and Legal Thought (5 works)