Early Middle Age To Medium Term Chief Function Analysis In England

Britain is beyond the continent.There the continent over the English channel and strait of Dover,the special geographic conditions and the features of the UK has manifested in many respects,the development of the sheriff is no exception.In the history of the traditional British political system,the function of the sheriff was so important that it played an important role in local politics and even became the local agent of the king.With the passage of time and the development of society,the status of the county,the power and its functions are different in different periods.The Roman occupation of England was a period of embryonic development of the sheriff.For one thing,Britain suffered from the blood and rain;for another,it forced the British to foot into the civilized age.At that time,for keep the British rule,more convenient access to Britain's gold and silver,minerals,food and slaves,the Romans who occupied Britain set up the province in the British system.in order to control Briton better,veterans established four Colonial City,and set the consul,as the latter sheriff,some scholars even think that sheriff is the first great creation during the Roman occupation of Britain's.The Anglo-Saxons were the infant years of the development of the sheriff.Here the sheriff was under the alderman,just an ordinary junior local Economic management officer.But after the 9th century,for control the powerful,unruliness alderman,the king began to promote junior officer sheriff to magistracy,demoted the alderman to virtual earl.Sheriff showed multiple functions in local office career,he not only helped the king ruled,performed important executive power,the tax authority,judicial power,but also had forced to maintain public order,which was the embodiment of the local government at that time.As the important branch of kingship,the sheriff kept prominent features in local politics.The Norman period was the development period of the sheriff.After William I conquered ofEngland,in order to contain the earl in the local politics,and facilitated more effective control of the local county government,William remold the county government vigorously.He referenced the rule system of Normandy,combined it with the system of county area in England,created the sheriff management system,as is "the most effective local administrative system designed by western European monarchs” by western historians.Since king William's "viscount" reformed of the sheriff,the position of the sheriff improved greatly,and the functions enhanced greatly.sheriff at the local level outstanding features included the implementation of the central writ,responsible for the tax levy,a local court,the implementation of the feudal military service,etc.,was an important part of the central government,constituted the foundation of the British political system.At the same time,the sheriff also became greedy,and was driven by greed,and used the convenience of the position to scrape the people's paste,the people suffered.Late Norman and Anjou rouge is the development mature period of sheriff,all Kings had been adjusted or restricted the sheriff's financial function and judicial function,especially Henry I and Henry ii,they were outstanding representatives,they took many effective measures to prevent the sheriff being in one place for long time and continued to be powerful,greedy or,unruliness,disregard for the king's commandment,difficult to control.Especially adjusted the financial function and judicial function of sheriff,to control the local county area and effectively.After the 13 th century,and since the rise of the magistrate who replaced the sheriff in the position and functions of county area,the function of sheriff had matured in adjustment.