Power and justice in Medieval England : the law of patronage and the royal courts /
"Appointing a parson to the local church following a vacancy-an "advowson"-was one of the most important rights in medieval England. The king, the monasteries, and local landowners all wanted to control advowsons because they meant political, social, and economic influence. The questi...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2022]
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| Series: | Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
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