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Unwritten Verities: The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549 (ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern)

Full title: Unwritten Verities: The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549 (ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern)
ISBN: 9780268041458
ISBN 10: 0268041458
Authors: Sobecki, Sebastian
Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
Edition: 1st
Num. pages: 264
Binding: Paperback
Language: en
Published on: 2015

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Synopsis

Introduction: Vernacular Legal Culture -- Reading And Writing In A Spoken World -- Between Vernaculars: The Vagaries Of Law French -- John Fortescue And Lancastrian Conciliarism -- The Unwritten Verities Of The Common Law -- Pleading For English: John Rastell's Politics Of Access -- States Of Exception -- Afterword: The Reformation Of Legal Culture. Sebastian Sobecki. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.