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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781316848296
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316848296
Collection:
Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Subjects:
Literature, Legal History, English Literature: General Interest, Law, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Series:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Book description

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.

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‘The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature provides a useful introduction to the intersection of law and literature from the Middle Ages … this collection provides a rewarding read, and it will be of use to a broad array of literary scholars in later periods, as well as to those researching the origins of so many political and theological controversies in Anglo-American culture, many of which are shown to have their roots in medieval legal contexts.’

Brian C. Lockey Source: Renaissance Quarterly

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