Lots of primary sources for the study of English Legal history in the medieval period.

Includes a hypertext glossary of terms.

"Medieval Petitions is designed to provide the first comprehensive survey and on-line search facility for the series 'Ancient Petitions' in The National Archives: Public Record Office." This page is just a short informational page about the research project and contact information if you are interested further.

"The prime purpose of this "Appendix of Case Narratives" in my (Paul Hyams') book-in-progress, Rancor and Reconciliation in Medieval England, is to keep the main text clear of digressions and long footnotes that would further disturb the flow of argument. But the narratives below also represent some central premises and contentions of the book. These hold that what usually matters most about lawsuits and other disputes for the historian is their dynamics and that the best, maybe the only way to seize these is to deploy all available sources of information about the parties and their continuing social relations, including especially as much extra-curial information as possible."