The Black Book of the Admiralty is a late medieval Old French manuscript containing a variety of documents relating to the administrative and legal responsibilities of the office of the lord high admiral, with later additions relating to the court of chivalry and the laws of war. The edition of this manuscript produced by Sir Travers Twiss (1809-97) between 1871 and 1876 filled only part of one of four volumes. The remaining content ranges from the late thirteenth-century borough custumal of Ipswich and other later medieval general custumals from south-west France, to a variety of different codes of maritime law also from south-west France, Catalonia, southern Italy, the Baltic and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. Volume 1 contains the text of the Black Book, along with other materials relating to the office of admiral and to the admiralty court from late medieval France and England, as well as two late medieval English ordinances of war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781108048910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138777838
Product Key Features
Author
Travers Twiss
Publication Name
The Black Book of the Admiralty: with an Appendix
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
628 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Volume
Volume 1
Item Weight
910g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Cambridge Library Collection-Rolls
Editor
Travers Twiss
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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