McKELVIE G. BASTARD FEUDALISM, ENGLISH SOCIETY AND THE LAW: THE STATUTES OF LIVERY, 1390-1520. WOODBRIDGE: Boydell & Brewer, 2020. XII, 249 p.
«Bastard feudalism» is a system of patronage relations in late medieval England, contrasted with vassal-seigniorial relations of the classical feudalism. The degree of influence of this phenomenon is actual problem. In the reviewed book «bastard feudalism» is studied using the archives of the Court of King’s Bench.