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TY - JOUR
T1 - Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon, 1293-1295
T2 - a case study of legal argument
AU - White, Sarah Beth
PY - 2020/1/31
Y1 - 2020/1/31
N2 - This essay examines the legal arguments in Wolf c. Abingdon, a tithes dispute from 1293–5 between the rector and the vicar of Aldington, Kent. The case records contain explicit citations to written law, a surprising find in a seemingly minor case. The presence of explicit citations in particular suggests first that the litigants had access to legal assistance in the provincial court, and second that advocates and possibly judges were turning to written legal sources to resolve disputed points. This essay shows how the litigants' arguments were constructed and determines whether or not these arguments were effective in court.
AB - This essay examines the legal arguments in Wolf c. Abingdon, a tithes dispute from 1293–5 between the rector and the vicar of Aldington, Kent. The case records contain explicit citations to written law, a surprising find in a seemingly minor case. The presence of explicit citations in particular suggests first that the litigants had access to legal assistance in the provincial court, and second that advocates and possibly judges were turning to written legal sources to resolve disputed points. This essay shows how the litigants' arguments were constructed and determines whether or not these arguments were effective in court.
U2 - 10.1017/S0022046919001155
DO - 10.1017/S0022046919001155
M3 - Journal article
VL - 71
SP - 40
EP - 58
JO - The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
JF - The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
SN - 0022-0469
IS - 1
ER -