Annual lecture of the Pipe Roll Society (2014): Formal record and courtroom reality in 13th and 14th century England

Please note: Professor Brand quotes direct dialogue from original plea rolls and some listeners might find the language offensive.The Annual Lecture of the Pipe Roll Society 2014 was given by Professor Paul Brand, All Souls College Oxford. Professor Brand is one of the world's leading experts on medieval law in England and Ireland and has published extensively on the subject.The Pipe Roll Society is an academic society dedicated to publishing editions of the pipe rolls of the Exchequer and other medieval documents.