Book contents
- Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The New Justice System
- Part II Seeking and Requesting Justice
- Part III Delivering and Contesting Justice
- Chapter 7 Before the King’s Most Honourable Council
- Chapter 8 Answers and Arguments
- Chapter 9 ‘A Final Peax’: Passing Judgment
- Conclusion Justice and the Tudor Commonwealth
- Appendix Personnel in the Court of Requests, 1493–1547
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion - Justice and the Tudor Commonwealth
from Part III - Delivering and Contesting Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2023
- Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The New Justice System
- Part II Seeking and Requesting Justice
- Part III Delivering and Contesting Justice
- Chapter 7 Before the King’s Most Honourable Council
- Chapter 8 Answers and Arguments
- Chapter 9 ‘A Final Peax’: Passing Judgment
- Conclusion Justice and the Tudor Commonwealth
- Appendix Personnel in the Court of Requests, 1493–1547
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This Conclusion resituates the book’s reconstruction of the early Tudor Court of Requests within the broader scope of late medieval and early modern history. Royal justice was a constant, and constantly controversial, element of English government across these periods. Social demand for more flexible and authoritative dispute resolution, combined with the political expediency of displaying good governance in turbulent times, led successive regimes to further routinise the existing practices of justice-giving in the royal household. Here the rise of the new royal justice system is taken to its conclusion, with the dissolution of this jurisdiction on the eve of Civil War, in 1641. This episode epitomises the complex relationship between principles and practices that has been charted across this book. Returning to the three themes raised in the Introduction, the book concludes with some reflections on the value of interweaving political, social, and legal histories together: for strengthening both institutional and socio-legal studies, and for qualifying existing narratives about litigation as a pillar of state-formation.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023