Year Books of Edward II, Vol. XXVI (Part II). The Eyre of London..
Cam, Helen M., Editor. Year Books of Edward II Vol. XXVI (Part II). The Eyre of London, 14 Edward II, A.D. 1321. Vol. II. Selden Society Volume 86. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1969. xi, 406 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover, gilt stamped spine. Some shelfwear. Ex-library with ink shelf location label to foot of spine. Bookplate of Vermont State Library to front pastedown. Property stamps to bottom of front board, half-title page and contents page, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy. $20. * This is the second volume of the definitive scholarly edition of the Eyre of London of 1321, a landmark event in English legal and urban history. Edited by the distinguished historian Helen M. Cam, this work was published as Volume 86 of the Selden Society annual series. The 1321 Eyre was a rigorous judicial investigation into the city's liberties and administration, and its reports are among the most detailed and unique in medieval legal literature. This volume provides the critical text of the Year Book reports, offering a direct view into the legal arguments, social tensions, and judicial proceedings of 14th-century London.
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