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Excerpt from Calendar of Coroners Rolls of the City of London: A. D. 1300-1378 It has been said that it was, probably, in view of this visit of the Justices that he drew up the Ordinaciones de Itinere, which appear in his book, in order to instruct the civic authorities as to the procedure to be followed in the reception of these unwelcome visitors; and that the Ordinances were appropriated by John Carpenter, the City's famous Town Clerk, for his compilation of the Liber Albus, a century later. On the same folio is a rubricated heading testifying that the book belonged to Andrew Horn and stating the nature of its contents, and the date of its compilation, as follows: Iste liber resiat Andree Horn piscenario London' de Breggestrete in quo continentur Carta et Alie consuetudines predide Civiiatis, Et carta libertatis Anglie et statuta per Henricum Regern et per Edwardum Regem filium predicti Regis Henrici edita. Quern fieri fecit Anno Domini MCCCXI Et anno regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi - v. Translation. "This book belongs to Andrew Horn, fishmonger of Bridge Street, London, and contains the Charter and other customs of the said City, and the Charter of Liberty of England and statutes promulgated by Henry the King and by Edward the King, son of the aforesaid King Henry. "He caused it to be made A. D. MCCCXI in the 5th year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward." Suspended from a leafy twig in the ornamental border of the page is a shield bearing the arms of Horn depicted in heraldic tinctures, viz: Az. a Saltire arg. between three leopards heads caboshed in chief and flanks or. and in base a luce hauriant of the last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. Roberta Magnusson explores the systems' technologies -- how they worked, what uses the water served -- and also the social rifts that created struggles over access to this basic necessity. Mindful of theoretical questions about what hastens technological change and how society and technology mutually influence one another, the author supplies a thoughtful and instructive study. Archeological, historical, and literary evidence vividly depicts those who designed, constructed, and used medieval water systems and demonstrates a shift from a public-administrative to a private-innovative framework -- one that argues for the importance of local initiatives. "The following chapters attempt to chart a course between the Scylla and Charybdis of technological and social determinism. While writing them, I have tried to strike a balance between the technical and human aspects of medieval hydraulic systems, and to remember that beneath the welter of documents and diffusion patterns, configurations and components, ordinances and expenditures, lie the perceptions, the choices, and often the plain hard work of individual men and women." -- from the Preface

This work, the first of a two-volume set, brings together essays of European and American scholars on the wider regional and topical aspects of the Hundred Years War as well as articles that revisit questions posed and supposedly "solved" by traditional Hundred Years War scholarship.

This study draws a comprehensive picture of medieval old age in western Europe, combining primary sources and secondary litrature to produce a broad cultural history.

An examination of peine fort et dure, the coercive medieval punishment for defendants refusing to plead to criminal indictments.

A Festschrift in honour of Professor Sir John Baker, presented by leading scholars on the sources of English legal history.