TY - JOUR

T1 - Oxwich Revisited: An Examination of the Background to Herbert's Case (1557-1558).

AU - Watkin, T.G.

PY - 2001/1/1

Y1 - 2001/1/1

N2 - The paper re-examines a famous incident which had previously been written about by a leading legal historian, relying on law reports, and a famous Welsh historian, relying on Star Chamber documents, neither of whom appears to have known of the other sources. The paper brings both strands together to achieve a fuller understanding of the incident and argues that the conflict was not only political, but can only be properly understood as a clash of two legal cultures in the wake of the union of Wales and England two decades previously.

AB - The paper re-examines a famous incident which had previously been written about by a leading legal historian, relying on law reports, and a famous Welsh historian, relying on Star Chamber documents, neither of whom appears to have known of the other sources. The paper brings both strands together to achieve a fuller understanding of the incident and argues that the conflict was not only political, but can only be properly understood as a clash of two legal cultures in the wake of the union of Wales and England two decades previously.

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 94

EP - 118

JO - Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (New Series)

JF - Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (New Series)

SN - 0959-3632

ER -