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- Title
Urban conflict and legal strategy in medieval England: the case of Bishop's Lynn, 1346–1350.
- Authors
PHILLIPS, MATTHEW
- Abstract
Urban conflict in medieval England often took one of two forms: public confrontation involving ritualistic acts of transgression on the one hand and legal challenges involving litigation on the other. This article explores an urban dispute in the latter category fought at Bishop's Lynn between 1346 and 1350. The rich series of records surviving from this dispute provides a rare opportunity to reconstruct in detail the legal strategies adopted throughout the conflict. The case is significant for the innovative legal challenge adopted by the burgesses, and for the subsequent campaign of misinformation propagated in parliament by the bishop of Norwich.
- Subjects
KING'S Lynn (England); NORWICH (England); MEDIEVAL British history; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); URBAN history
- Publication
Urban History, 2015, Vol 42, Issue 3, p365
- ISSN
0963-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963926814000510