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The Procedure and Practice of Witness Testimony in English Ecclesiastical Courts, c.1193–1300 (2020)
Journal Article
White, S. B. (2020). The Procedure and Practice of Witness Testimony in English Ecclesiastical Courts, c.1193–1300. Studies in Church History, 56, 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1017/stc.2019.7

In the twelfth century, the English church courts made considerable use of compurgation and of sworn members of the community to aid in the resolution of disputes, but by the end of the thirteenth century, academic canon law depended almost entirely... Read More about The Procedure and Practice of Witness Testimony in English Ecclesiastical Courts, c.1193–1300.

Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England (Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2019), Pp. 336, GBP 90.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-108-49879-1 (2020)
Journal Article
White, S. B. (2020). Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England (Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2019), Pp. 336, GBP 90.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-108-49879-1. American Journal of Legal History, 60(2), 247-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/njaa007

Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument (2019)
Journal Article
White, S. B. (2020). Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046919001155

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. Th... Read More about Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument.