Outside the gate
Sub-urban legal practices in early medieval England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J N L Baker (0000-0002-6641-4623, University of Nottingham), John Baker (0000-0001-9985-9875), Stuart Brooke (0000-0002-1124-4890, University of London) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 747-761 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2013.865330 |
| OpenAlex | W2047389864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Many aspects of English early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) legal landscapes can be discerned in archaeological and toponymic evidence, ranging from the locations of legislative councils and judicial assemblies to sites of capital punishment. Among the corpus of such sites a striking group can be detected at the periphery of urban spaces. Gates into a number of towns appear to have functioned as legislative meeting-places, and even gave their names to some legally constituted communities, while suburban locations also feature prominently as sites of gallows and public punishment. In this paper historical, archaeological and toponymic evidence is used to examine this phenomenon of suburban legal practices and to pose questions about the wider dimensions of the early medieval legal landscape
Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Geography · Legislature · Phenomenon · Political science · Punishment (psychology · Toponymy · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval Literature and History
Reflections
Landscapes of Defence in Early Medieval Europe
The Church in Anglo–Saxon Society
Beyond the Burghal Hidage
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
Political Assemblies in the Earlier Middle Ages
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England
Secklow Hundred Mound and Other Meeting Place Mounds in England
The English Hundred-Names
The Courts and Court Rolls of St. Albans Abbey
The Place-Names of Hertfordshire
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |