On The English Medieval Manor Court

In medieval Western Europe, the manor court in judicial and administrative role plays a very important role in the rural society. This paper studies the medieval Britain’s theory of manor court and France manor court, to the medieval manor court have a more comprehensive understanding. British capitalism is first produced by the national archives and estate, complete can systematically grasp an overview of the manor court, running mechanism and properties, etc. The court and the British and French estate have some similarities, there are different emphases. To explore the influence of Britain and France manor court deep understanding in the process of effect and influence of manor court in medieval Western Europe.This paper around the operation mechanism of manor court, duality and the relationship between the manor court and kingship. The introduction expounds the origin and significance of topics, and introduces the historians and scholars at home and abroad research results and academic point of view, for Britain manor the paper analyzes the content of the court. The first chapter discusses the operation mechanism of manor court, from the general situation of manor court trial basis and ruling form three aspects. Medieval manor court based on common law, by participating in system in the form of a decision by the referee reflects the medieval Western Europe respect the law, the law tradition. In medieval England country manor court justice in the society, the management of public affairs, constitutes an essential part of in the rural society. The second chapter mainly discusses the dual nature of manor court, the manor court is Lord control farmers on the one hand, the implementation of arbitrary power of weapons, and farmers to maintain their own interests on the other hand, resist Lord tools. In Britain, the manor court showed obvious duality, manor lords use of manor court management, the status of implementation of the rights guarantee lords in the manor; Customary law, however, the power can make the farmers and lords in court, a road to resist lords of arbitrary, qualified labor, farmers have made some rights according to law, though only the right to a minimum, but also to make farmers to maintain their own rights and interests, to protect their surplus products, realize the accumulation of wealth.In France, the manor court is more reflects the Lord holds jurisdiction. Lord as the ruler of a manor, through the manor court within the estate on farmers under effective control, through the trial for the fine, and to ensure their smooth implementation of various monopoly rights within the estate. The third chapter discusses the manor court of England and France in their respective trajectory under the influence of the monarchy. Wide scope of the jurisdiction of the British monarchy has always been strong, the royal court, effectively suppresses the lords in the manor court jurisdiction; France in the early medieval kingship fails, after successive king after the implementation of measures to strengthen kingship, countries gradually recover the local judicial power, prevent the lords abuse of jurisdiction. Britain and France to build the highest royal court jurisdiction, manor court to decline.