Power, caste, and law : social conflict in fourteenth-century Montpellier

Jan Rogoziński ; Foreword By Joseph R. Strayer. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 179-194. Frontmatter 1 Foreword by Joseph R. Strayer (page ix) 9 Preface (page xvii) 17 List of Abbreviations (page xxi) 21 I Early French Taxation and Social Conflict (page 1) 23 II Popular Resistance to Taxation, 1323-1338 (page 8) 30 III Personal Privilege and Communal Authority: The Example of Célestin Séguier (page 26) 48 IV The Consuls and the People: A Conflict among the Propertied (page 38) 60 V Royal Responses to Popular Resistance: The Officers of the Crown for the Sénéchaussée of Beaucaire and Nîmes (page 50) 72 VI Royal Responses to Popular Resistance: Enquêteurs-Réformateurs, Fiscal Commissioners, and Agents of Conciliation (page 71) 93 VII Roman Law and Equity in the Resolution of Social Conflict (page 84) 106 VIII Community and Privilege: By Way of Conclusion (page 114) 136 Appendices 163 I Taxes Raised in the City of Montpellier, 1315-1340 (page 142) 164 II Notes on the Careers of Selected Individuals (page 146) 168 III The Law Faculty and Legal Profession in Montpellier (page 162) 184 IV Representatives of the Populares, 1323-1338 (page 165) 187 V Royal Officers for the Sénéchaussée of Beaucaire and Nîmes (page 167) 189 VI Ordinary Judges in the Sénéchaussée of Beaucaire and Nîmes (page 169) 191 VII Judicial Officials Native to the Sénéchaussée of Beaucaire and Nîmes (page 171) 193 VIII Commissions of Inquiry, Conciliation, and Arbitration Concerned with the Dispute between the Consuls and the People (page 172) 194 IX Royal Commissioners and the Investigation of Franc-Fief (page 174) 196 X Royal Commissioners Dealing with Violations of Fiscal Ordinances or Negotiating Taxes, 1325-1340 (page 176) 198 XI Taxation and Noble Privilege (page 178) 200 Bibliography (page 179) 201 Index of Persons (page 195) 217 Index of Subjects (page 198) 220