Warren Brown is Associate Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology and coeditor of Conflict in Medieval Europe.

The author does a good job of linking his findings with those who have written about dispute settlement in the early Middle Ages.(Journal of Interdisciplinary History) Brown applies the insights of recent studies on disputing to his Bavarian material with intelligence and finesse.... In enriching our knowledge of disputing in the early Middle Ages, Brown has also added to our understanding of the Carolingian's power in action and of the regional societies that constituted their empire.(Speculum) Brown has made a helpful comparative contribution to this literature.(Choice) Brown's book constitutes an important addition to the distinguished tradition of studies of the dynamics of early medieval societies; it is fitting that it should appear as one of the first volumes in an exciting and well-produced new Cornell series Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past under the editorship of Barbara Rosenwein, one of the founders of the charter-based approach.(English Historical Review) Brown's book contributes to the history of the Carolingian period. In addition, his insistence on looking beyond the official records of dispute settlement to uncover deeper realities provides insight for historians of legal history and regional subculture in medieval societies.(History) This is all a first book ought to be. It engages in a running scholarly debate, contributes material from a time and area previously under-represented there, and subjects the results to precise scrutiny and imaginative analysis.... Unjust Seizure is an exemplary first book of the kind that promises its author a scholarly career full of importance and interest.(Medieval Review)

Warren Brown is Associate Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology and coeditor of Conflict in Medieval Europe.

The author does a good job of linking his findings with those who have written about dispute settlement in the early Middle Ages.(Journal of Interdisciplinary History) Brown applies the insights of recent studies on disputing to his Bavarian material with intelligence and finesse.... In enriching our knowledge of disputing in the early Middle Ages, Brown has also added to our understanding of the Carolingian's power in action and of the regional societies that constituted their empire.(Speculum) Brown has made a helpful comparative contribution to this literature.(Choice) Brown's book constitutes an important addition to the distinguished tradition of studies of the dynamics of early medieval societies; it is fitting that it should appear as one of the first volumes in an exciting and well-produced new Cornell series Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past under the editorship of Barbara Rosenwein, one of the founders of the charter-based approach.(English Historical Review) Brown's book contributes to the history of the Carolingian period. In addition, his insistence on looking beyond the official records of dispute settlement to uncover deeper realities provides insight for historians of legal history and regional subculture in medieval societies.(History) This is all a first book ought to be. It engages in a running scholarly debate, contributes material from a time and area previously under-represented there, and subjects the results to precise scrutiny and imaginative analysis.... Unjust Seizure is an exemplary first book of the kind that promises its author a scholarly career full of importance and interest.(Medieval Review)

Warren Brown is Associate Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology and coeditor of Conflict in Medieval Europe.

The author does a good job of linking his findings with those who have written about dispute settlement in the early Middle Ages.(Journal of Interdisciplinary History) Brown applies the insights of recent studies on disputing to his Bavarian material with intelligence and finesse.... In enriching our knowledge of disputing in the early Middle Ages, Brown has also added to our understanding of the Carolingian's power in action and of the regional societies that constituted their empire.(Speculum) Brown has made a helpful comparative contribution to this literature.(Choice) Brown's book constitutes an important addition to the distinguished tradition of studies of the dynamics of early medieval societies; it is fitting that it should appear as one of the first volumes in an exciting and well-produced new Cornell series Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past under the editorship of Barbara Rosenwein, one of the founders of the charter-based approach.(English Historical Review) Brown's book contributes to the history of the Carolingian period. In addition, his insistence on looking beyond the official records of dispute settlement to uncover deeper realities provides insight for historians of legal history and regional subculture in medieval societies.(History) This is all a first book ought to be. It engages in a running scholarly debate, contributes material from a time and area previously under-represented there, and subjects the results to precise scrutiny and imaginative analysis.... Unjust Seizure is an exemplary first book of the kind that promises its author a scholarly career full of importance and interest.(Medieval Review)