F.W. Maitland
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0300035284
ISBN 13
9780300035285
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1985
Publisher
Pages
viii, 118 pages
Subject
Frederic William Maitland
Abstract
"In the eyes of scholars of history and jurisprudence, F. W. Maitland (1850-1906) is among the very greatest English historians. However, little has been written about him. G. R. Elton, one of the first-rank historians of his own generation, now remedies this omission with a skilled, succinct, and vigorous essay that is both biography and critique. F.W. Maitland lived for only fifty-six years, producing works of history only during the last twenty-two of them. he specialized in the seemingly esoteric problems of the medieval law. Yet among experts he is generally regarded as the finest professional historian evert o have written in English..." - Cover
Description
Contents:
The man -- The historian -- Four cases. The early Parliament ; Canon law ; The common law in danger ; Maitland's only narrative -- Patron saint
The man -- The historian -- Four cases. The early Parliament ; Canon law ; The common law in danger ; Maitland's only narrative -- Patron saint
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-114) and index.
Number of Copies
1
