| Description |
viii, 257 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Robin Hood: thinking globally, acting locally in the fifteenth-century ballads -- Land, lepers, and the law in The testament of Cresseid -- The literature of 1388 and the politics of pity in Gower's Confessio amantis -- Palamon's appeal of treason in the Knight's tale -- Language on trial: performing the law in the N-town trial play -- "Acquiteth yow now": textual contradiction and legal discourse in the Man of Law's introduction -- Vernacular legality: the English jurisdictions of The Owl and the Nightingale -- Inventing legality: documentary culture and lollard preaching -- The generation of 1399 -- Appendix: History or narration concerning the manner and form of the miraculous parliament at Westminster in the year 1386, in the tenth year of the reign of King Richard the Second after the Conquest, declared by Thomas Favent, clerk. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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Practice of law -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Practice of law. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Law and literature -- History -- To 1500.
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Law and literature. |
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Law -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Law. |
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
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Law, Medieval.
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Law, Medieval. |
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Law. |
| Added Author |
Steiner, Emily.
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Barrington, Candace.
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| ISBN |
0801487706 paperback |
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0801439752 cloth |
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