Law, Literature, and Social Regulation in Early Medieval England. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anya Adair and Andrew Rabin.
• Editors: Adair, Anya; Rabin, Andrew
• Other Names: Gates, Jay Paul; Lund, Arendse; Smith, Scott; Carella, Kristen; Marafioti, Nicole; Blanchard, Mary Elizabeth; Shields-Más, Chelsea; Jurasinski, Stefan
• Contents: Introduction: Law as Literature/Literature as Law -- PART I -- LAW AND LITERATURE: NORMATIVE ALLIANCES -- 1. The Alfredian Prose Psalms and a Legal English Identity -- 2. Cynescipe, Bishop Æthelwold, and the Spread of Legal Language -- 3. Traces and Supplements:Literary Prose in Sawyer 404 -- 4. The Curious Incident of the Monster in the Night-Time -- 5. Uncertain Judgment: The Ordeal in Hagiography and Law -- PART II -- LITERATURE AND LAW: NORMATIVE RENEWALS -- 6. The Historical and Literary Context of the Legatine Capitulary of 786 -- 7. Liturgy as Law: Coronation Ordines in Tenth-Century England -- 8. Juxtaposing the Later Old English Law Codes and the "Dispute Narratives" -- 9. Royal Reeves, Royal Authority, and the "Holy Society" in Wulfstan's Writings -- 10. Laying Down the Law? Bishop Headda's Visit to Saint Guthlac -- 11. The Terms of Hypocrisy in Early English Law and Literature
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk Rochester, NY : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 829.09; 303.33; English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism; Law and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500; Social norms in literature; Social control -- Great Britain -- History; Social norms -- Great Britain -- History; Law and literature; Social control; Social norms; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800109254; 1800109253; 9781800109247; 1800109245
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2023).
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