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The Cambridge companion to medieval English law and literature
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to medieval English law and literature / edited by Candace Barrington, Sebastian Sobecki.
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- xiii, 220 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Despite an unprecedented level of interest in the interaction between law and literature over the past two decades, readers have had no accessible introduction to this rich engagement in medieval and early Tudor England. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature addresses this need by combining an authoritative guide through the bewildering maze of medieval law with concise examples illustrating how the law infiltrated literary texts during this period. Foundational chapters written by leading specialists in legal history prepare readers to be guided by noted literary scholars through unexpected conversations with the law found in numerous medieval texts, including major works by Chaucer, Langland, Gower, and Malory. Part I contains detailed introductions to legal concepts, practices and institutions in medieval England, and Part II covers medieval texts and authors whose verse and prose can be understood as engaging with the law.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge companions to literature.
- Alternative Title
- Companion to medieval English law and literature
- Medieval English law and literature
- Subjects
- Law and literature
- Law in literature
- England
- To 1500
- English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- English literature > Old English
- Law and literature > England > History > To 1500
- English literature > Middle English
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- History
- English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- PART I. LEGAL CONTEXTS. 1. English Law before the Conquest / Stefan Jurasinski -- 2. Languages and Law in Late Medieval England: English, French and Latin / Gwilym Dodd -- 3. Canon and Civil Law / Peter D. Clarke -- 4. Custom and Common Law / Paul Raffield -- 5. Magna Carta and Statutory Law / Anthony Musson -- 6. Treatises, Tracts and Compilations / Don C. Skemer. PART II. LITERARY TEXTS. 7. Treason / Neil Cartlidge -- 8. Complaint Literature / Wendy Scase -- 9. Political Literature and Political Law / Andrew Galloway -- 10. William Langland / Emily Steiner -- 11. Geoffrey Chaucer / Candace Barrington -- 12. John Gower / R. F. Yeager -- 13. Lollards and Religious Writings / Fiona Somerset -- 14. Lancastrian Literature / Sebastian Sobecki -- 15. Middle English Romance and Malory's Morte Darthur / Corinne Saunders -- 16. Marriage and the Legal Culture of Witnessing / Emma Lipton.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-761
- ISBN
- 9781107180789
- 1107180783
- 9781316632345
- 1316632342
- OCLC
- 1108726834
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to medieval English law and literature / edited by Candace Barrington, Sebastian Sobecki.
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge companions to literatureCambridge companions to literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- To 1500
- Added Author
- Barrington, Candace, editor.Sobecki, Sebastian I., editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-761