The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature

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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature

Edited by Candace Barrington · Sebastian Sobecki
Cambridge University Press August 2019

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ISBN-13
9781316632345
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
August 2019
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Table of 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 Andy 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 Le Morte Darthur Corinne Saunders
16. Marriage and the legal culture of witnessing Emma Lipton.
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