Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Enlightened Feudalism by Jeremy Hayhoe A reassessment of seigneurial justice that presents a new vision of village society in eighteenth-century France. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A reassessment of seigneurial justice that presents a new vision of village society in eighteenth-century France.Thousands of seigneurial courts covered the French countryside in the early modern era. By the eighteenth century these courts were subject to mounting criticism, as Enlightenment concerns about rationality and standardization combined with older absolutist worries that lords ownership of justice weakened the kings authority. Although the courts were abolished in 1789, this criticism persisted, with historians traditionally portraying them as marginal and abusive relics of a bygone feudal age.In Enlightened Feudalism, Jeremy Hayhoe demonstrates that these local institutions actually functioned with a degree of efficiency, professionalism, and attention to peasant concerns that few historians have appreciated. Set in Northern Burgundy, this study reveals how provincial administrative elites quietly encouraged the use of simpler procedure for minor disputes, thus bringing seigneurial courts closer to village life. But these reforms paradoxically made the newly invigorated courts a key instrument of the late eighteenth-century intensification of the seigneurie. Peasant ambivalence toward seigneurial courts reflected thisduality, as the cahiers de doleances both praised the institution for its role in community affairs, and vigorously criticized it for bolstering the seigneurial system.By situating the local court within a wide rangeof para-judicial institutions and behaviors, Hayhoe presents a new vision of village society, one in which communal bonds were too weak to enforce behavioral norms. Village communities had substantial authority over their own affairs, but required the frequent and active collaboration of the court to enforce the rules that they put into place.Jeremy Hayhoe is Assistant Professor at the Universite de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Table of Contents Tiny Courts, Incompetent Judges?Justice in the Interests of LordsJustice in the Interests of the CommunityConflict and Consensus In and Out of CourtLocal Knowledge and Legal Reform: The Transformation of JusticeTocqueville in the Village: Seigneurial Reaction and the Central StateA Popular Institution? Seigneurial Justice in the Cahiers de Doleancés Review Hayhoes book provides a model for these future investigations, both in its careful analysis of complex topics and in its sensitivity to larger contexts. -- Jonathan Dewald * H-FRANCE REVIEW, December 2009 *Jeremy Hayhoe, in this thoroughly researched and carefully considered book, argues that the lords increasing use of their courts to prosecute wood theft, non-payment of dues, poaching and other offences contributed to undermining the legitimacy of these courts and helped incite the revolts against the seigneurial regime during the revolutionary period. -- Stephen Miller * FRENCH HISTORY, Vol. 24, No 1 *This detailed study of seigneurial justice enriches our understanding of what feudalism could mean in practice on the eve of the great revolution. As reconstructed by Jeremy Hayhoe, for Northern Burgundys peasants, the seigneurial court was both a resented vehicle for enforcing the lords demands and an appreciated venue for accessible judicial authority. This is a valuable contribution to historians longstanding debates about just what the seigneurial regime was at its end. --John Markoff, University Professor of Sociology, History, and Political Science, University of Pittsburgh -- John Markoff, University Professor of Sociology, History, and Political Science, University of PittsburghAn impressive scholarly study of seigneurial justice in Northern Burgundy during the later 1700s that adds another dense layer to the legal history of early modern France. --Sarah Hanley, Professor of History and Law, University of Iowa * . *[A] thoroughly researched and carefully considered book. * FRENCH HISTORY, vol. 24, no. 1, 2010 * Review Text Hayhoes book provides a model for these future investigations, both in its careful analysis of complex topics and in its sensitivity to larger contexts. H-FRANCE REVIEW, December 2009 [Jonathan Dewald] Jeremy Hayhoe, in this thoroughly researched and carefully considered book, argues that the lords increasing use of their courts to prosecute wood theft, non-payment of dues, poaching and other offences contributed to undermining the legitimacy of these courts and helped incite the revolts against the seigneurial regime during the revolutionary period. FRENCH HISTORY, Vol. 24, No 1 [Stephen Miller] This detailed study of seigneurial justice enriches our understanding of what "feudalism" could mean in practice on the eve of the great revolution. As reconstructed by Jeremy Hayhoe, for Northern Burgundys peasants, the seigneurial court was both a resented vehicle for enforcing the lords demands and an appreciated venue for accessible judicial authority. This is a valuable contribution to historians longstanding debates about just what the seigneurial regime was at its end. --John Markoff, University Professor of Sociology, History, and Political Science, University of Pittsburgh An impressive scholarly study of seigneurial justice in Northern Burgundy during the later 1700s that adds another dense layer to the legal history of early modern France. --Sarah Hanley, Professor of History and Law, University of Iowa [A] thoroughly researched and carefully considered book. FRENCH HISTORY, vol. 24, no. 1, 2010 Review Quote Hayhoes book provides a model for these future investigations, both in its careful analysis of complex topics and in its sensitivity to larger contexts. H-FRANCE REVIEW, December 2009 [Jonathan Dewald] Jeremy Hayhoe, in this thoroughly researched and carefully considered book, argues that the lords increasing use of their courts to prosecute wood theft, non-payment of dues, poaching and other offences contributed to undermining the legitimacy of these courts and helped incite the revolts against the seigneurial regime during the revolutionary period. FRENCH HISTORY, Vol. 24, No 1 [Stephen Miller] This detailed study of seigneurial justice enriches our understanding of what "feudalism" could mean in practice on the eve of the great revolution. As reconstructed by Jeremy Hayhoe, for Northern Burgundys peasants, the seigneurial court was both a resented vehicle for enforcing the lords demands and an appreciated venue for accessible judicial authority. This is a valuable contribution to historians longstanding debates about just what the seigneurial regime was at its end. --John Markoff, University Professor of Sociology, History, and Political Science, University of Pittsburgh An impressive scholarly study of seigneurial justice in Northern Burgundy during the later 1700s that adds another dense layer to the legal history of early modern France. --Sarah Hanley, Professor of History and Law, University of Iowa [A] thoroughly researched and carefully considered book. FRENCH HISTORY, vol. 24, no. 1, 2010 Details ISBN1580462715 Author Jeremy Hayhoe Short Title ENLIGHTENED FEUDALISM Pages 321 Series Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe Language English ISBN-10 1580462715 ISBN-13 9781580462716 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number VOLU Year 2008 Imprint University of Rochester Press Subtitle Seigneurial Justice and Village Society in Eighteenth-Century Northern Burgundy Place of Publication Rochester Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781580462716 AU Release Date 2008-07-15 NZ Release Date 2008-07-15 US Release Date 2008-07-15 UK Release Date 2008-07-15 Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Publication Date 2008-07-15 Alternative 9781580467216 DEWEY 347.4441 Illustrations 3 b/w, 7 line illus. Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781580462716
Book Title: Enlightened Feudalism
ISBN: 9781580462716
Number of Pages: 321 Pages
Publication Name: Enlightened Feudalism: Seigneurial Justice and Village Society in Eighteenth-Century Northern Burgundy
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LTD
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Law, History
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Author: Jeremy Hayhoe
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
Format: Hardcover
