Author : Frederic William Maitland
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Book Synopsis English Law and the Renaissance by : Frederic William Maitland
Download or read book English Law and the Renaissance written by Frederic William Maitland and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lecture was delivered at Cambridge University as a Rede's lecture in 1901 discussing English law during the Renaissance. English historian and lawyer Frederic William Maitland, in this lecture, describes the age as was the period of the Reformation, the age of the Renaissance, but more importantly, it was also the age of 'Reception' -the reception of Roman law. During this time, Roman law drove German law out of Germany or forced it to limit itself in subtle forms and hidden corners. The "Sir Robert Rede's Lecturer" is an annual arrangement to give a public lecture at the University of Cambridge. It is named on Sir Robert Rede, who was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the sixteenth century.