Talk:Brassenx

I modified the French translation here. It included speculation that the "fors et coutumes" of Brassenx were specific pieces of English legislation. In fact, fors et coutumes are a general phrase describing local laws and customs (fors, Law Latin fori; cf. Spanish fueros). This JSTOR paylink is informative. So fors et coutumes does not refer to any specific pieces of legislation, but rather to local ordinances for Brassenx. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm just puzzled, why would Edward III of England in 1338 go to that French town and proclaims the local laws and customs (?) - why wouldn't he bully his own rules, as normal for the time. Perhaps that information is not particularly relevant. Power.corrupts (talk) 16:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Fors seems to have had something of the sense of "local privileges and liberties", it was something less fixed than a town charter, but had something of the same character. We do have an article on the Spanish version at fuero. This may have been what was intended. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 20:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

We also have an article on the fors de Bearn. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 20:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

And French has fr:for (droit) and fr:coutume (droit). I wikilinked the corresponding pages there. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 20:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm downright impressed, excellent. Power.corrupts (talk) 08:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)