UID:
almafu_9959696089802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781316853191
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1316853195
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9781316850749
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1316850749
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9781316848296
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1316848299
Serie:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jul 2019).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I Legal Contexts -- 1 English Law before the Conquest -- 2 Languages and Law in Late Medieval England: English, French and Latin -- 3 Canon and Civil Law -- 4 Custom and Common Law -- 5 Magna Carta and Statutory Law -- 6 Treatises, Tracts and Compilations -- Part II Literary Texts -- 7 Treason -- 8 Complaint Literature -- 9 Political Literature and Political Law -- 10 William Langland -- 11 Geoffrey Chaucer -- 12 John Gower -- 13 Lollards and Religious Writings -- 14 Lancastrian Literature -- 15 Middle English Romance and Malory's Morte Darthur -- 16 Marriage and the Legal Culture of Witnessing -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781316632345
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1316632342
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107180789
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1107180783
Sprache:
Englisch
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