The charters of the borough of Cambridge : edited for the Council of the borough of Cambridge and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society / by Frederick William Maitland, LL. D., D.C.L., Dowwning Professor of the laws of England and Mary Bateson, associate and lecturer of Newnham College.
1901
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The charters of the borough of Cambridge : edited for the Council of the borough of Cambridge and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society / by Frederick William Maitland, LL. D., D.C.L., Dowwning Professor of the laws of England and Mary Bateson, associate and lecturer of Newnham College.
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Cambridge : At the University Press, 1901.
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9780511707742 (ebook)
0511707746
9781108010436 (paperback)
0511707746
9781108010436 (paperback)
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English translation opposite Latin original.
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1 online resource (xxxvii, 209 pages) : illustrations
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(NNC-L)LLMC680649780
(TEMPOCo)680649780
(TEMPOCo)680649780
Summary
Professor F. W. Maitland was the foremost Victorian scholar on English legal history, and Mary Bateson a Cambridge medieval historian. This 1901 volume was edited for the Corporation of Cambridge and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. It provides a transcript and translation of the royal charters issued to the borough of Cambridge between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries. Maitland lays stress on the considerable independence the medieval borough had. It was largely self-governing, royal charters bestowing or confirming liberties rather than regulating the town governance or providing a constitution. However, there were some limitations, chiefly relating to justice, for which royal permission was needed. It was not until the late seventeenth century that royal authority began to tighten its control of borough affairs. The introduction explains the conventions of such charters, and how the reader should interpret the information contained therein. A valuable source of local history with wider significance.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed November 30, 2024).
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Print version: Cambridge (England). Charters of the Borough of Cambridge. Cambridge : University Press, 1901 (OCoLC)1666643
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