What were legal systems in medieval Europe like? How were laws enforced and by who?
By the mothafuckin king, you pleb
>>1255847
Lol, that's what they wished.
In reality it was a clusterfuck, many noblemen had rights of administering justice, which they obviously abused. Providing impartial justice was one of the way the "New Monarchs" of the 15th and 16th centuries found of extending their power at the expense of the nobility.
One very peculiar legal system was the "March law" of Anglo-Scottish border.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_law_%28Anglo-Scottish_border%29
>>1255856
Not him but you understand the dates you listed are pretty much outside the scope of medieval Europe.
now this is bumping
>>1255856
Even in the Marches the wardens had to pretend to acknowledge the authority of their respective monarchs.
Of course Edinburgh and London are a long way from the Borderland and what the royals don't know won't hurt them.
>>1254448
Like Anon here >>1255856 said, it was a clusterfuck. And what he said isn't the end of it
>Law of the Realm. The """""""constitution""""""" if you will
>Laws of the particular fiefdom/principality you're at.
>Urban Charters among the city states/free cities.
For example, in the Kingdom of France, you're under the King's laws, but if you lived in rural areas, the Urban Charter doesn't apply to you. Since you're not a citizen of an urban municipality. Same thing when you're a citizen, the laws of feudal lords don't apply to you. Reason for this is that the peasant lives in a rural countryside which is regularly found in some lord's fiefdom, while many Urban centers in Europe were directly answerable to the king, and elected their own leaders instead among guild heads/rich burghers/urban nobility. With the exception of the odd feudal city.
Which is why modern democracies use shitloads of medieval urban legal lingo (i.e. "Citizenship," "rule by consent," "constitution/charter.")
