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The Courts of the Royal Forest

Forest Law, whose initial purpose was to preserve vast tracts of land as exclusive hunting grounds for the kings, weighed heavily on the peasantry of thirteenth and early fourteenth century England. It impeded, though it did not prevent, access to a wide range of forest ressources, and imposed a significant burden on forest dwellers, in fines for offences against the law and through widespread involvement in its cumbersome procedures. Harassment by foresters further aggravated the situation. Though baronial and gentry hostility to forest law is better known, peasant hostility was well-grounded and can often be demonstrated.

Introduction -- Two tranquil worlds -- Openness to the world -- Because the world is round -- A leap into the unknown? -- Books and letters from the other end of the world -- Embassy or conquest? -- The clash of civilizations -- Naming the other -- A story of cannon -- Opacity or transparency? -- The greatest cities in the world -- The hour of the crime -- The place of the whites -- To everyone their own post-war -- The secrets of the south sea -- China on the horizon -- When china awakes -- Conclusion - towards a global history of the renaissance