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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815790603321

Autore

Sobecki Sebastian <1973->

Titolo

Unwritten verities : the making of England's vernacular legal culture, 1463-1549 / / Sebastian Sobecki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Indiana : , : University of Notre Dame Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-268-09290-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Reformation : Medieval and Early Modern

Disciplina

340.5/7094209031

Soggetti

Common law - England - History

Justice, Administration of - England - History

Law - Language

Transmission of texts - England - History

Oral tradition - England - History

Hermeneutics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Foundations""; ""Chapter One: Reading and Writing in a Spoken World""; ""Chapter Two: Between Vernaculars""; ""Chapter Three: John Fortescue and Lancastrian Conciliarism""; ""Part Two: Transformations""; ""Chapter Four: The Unwritten Verities of the Common Law""; ""Chapter Five: Pleading for English""; ""Chapter Six: States of Exception""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""