Mediation and arbitration in the Middle ages

"This is the story of how disputes of all kinds were managed in England between AD1154 when the first signs of what was to become the Common Law appeared at the start of Henry II's reign, and 1558, when the reign of Elizabeth I started a new period in the development of the English legal system. A wealth of primary sources provide material for a detailed and revealing picture of how disputes were managed and resolved in practice"--Unedited summary from book jacket.