janewilliams20

You may remember that I play in this game set in the England of 1455 (sort of). There's some questions coming up about what's legal and what isn't, and I'm getting interested in how the law worked then. The particular question at the moment is whether a Count is above the law, or can alter the law without consultation with his elected Council. The whole "elected council" thing sounds very unmedieval to me in the first place, but I'm realising that my knowledge of the medieval legal and feudal system is quite close to zero. Can anyone give me any pointers?