Oxford LibGuides: Legal history: England & common law tradition: Feudalism

Feudalism & feudal law

An area of study which attracts both historians and legal historians - with the result that the sources and resulting commentary may well be shared across various Bodleian Reading Rooms.
The History Reading Rooms are in central Oxford, about a 15 minute walk from the Law Bod.

Subject searches to use in SOLO:

Feudalism
Feudal law

both of which can be limited by adding a geographic name eg Feudal Law England

Over a third of the 63 clauses in Magna Carta dealt directly with King John's abuse of feudal rights

Related search terms to try in SOLO

Villeinage -- England -- History

Landlord and tenant -- England -- History
Real property -- England -- History
Real estate management -- England -- History

Bracton Online De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliæ (On the Laws and Customs of England)
Open Access From Ames Foundation and Harvard. in Latin and English translation. The on-line text is based on Woodbine’s edition and Thorne’s translation. This is available in print at Legal Hist B797a968 (4v).
Manor Courts & Records
Another page in this guide

HeinOnline
Selden Society Publications & the history of early English law
Alternative names: Hein Online ; HOL

HeinOnline includes five major collections:
The Law Journal Library includes over 500 U.S., U.K., Australian and International Law Journals. For most journals the date coverage starts very early (in many cases at the first issue). However the most recent editions (within the last calendar year) are sometime unavailable due to licensing restrictions. HeinOnline makes these journals available on a rolling yearly basis.
The Treaties and Agreements Library includes all U.S. treaties and agreements including those in force, expired or yet to be published.
The U.S. Supreme Court Library includes all U.S. Supreme Court opinions as published in the U.S. Reports
The Federal Register 1936-1995, and indexes to the register.
Legal Classics Library. Full text of over 100 legal texts including Blackstone's Commentaries (1803), Cardozo's Growth of the Law (1924), and Story's first edition of Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833). Provincial Statutes of Canada includes Provincial Statutes for ten of the Canadian provinces. Contains public and private acts passed by Canadian provincial governments. Current, revised, and historical content is now available for Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. Historical and revised content only is available for Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
All content consists of scanned images of the original printed editions. This allows you to view the content as it originally appeared in print complete with page numbers and pictures.
To save or print articles from HeinOnline choose PRINT OPTIONS followed by DOWNLOAD AS PDF. You will then be able to print out and/or save articles using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Alternative name: OIELH

The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History is the online version of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (edited by S.N. Katz et al) published by OUP in 2009.

Oxford History of the Laws of England v II 871-1216 (Hudson) Remote access requires Oxford SSO for remote access. 2012 OUP work - its bibliography is a good starting point for literature searches. Print copy is at Legal Hist O98q/2
Bailey: English manor, c. 1200-c. 1500 Remote access requires Oxford SSO. Online version of 2002 Manchester UP. Print copies in Bodleian HFL Reading Rooms
Simpson: A history of the land law
Requires Oxford SSO for remote access. E-version of 2nd ed (1986). Print copies in Law Bod at Legal Hist S613a2