Unwritten Verities : The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549.
Sobecki, Sebastian.
Unwritten Verities : The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series . - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series .
Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Reading and Writing in a Spoken World -- 2. Between Vernaculars -- 3. John Fortescue and Lancastrian Conciliarism -- Part 2: TRANSFORMATIONS -- 4. The Unwritten Verities of the Common Law -- 5. Pleading for English -- 6. States of Exception -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sobecki argues that the commitment by English common law to an unwritten tradition generated a vernacular legal culture that challenged the textual practices of English humanism and the early Reformation.
9780268092900
Medieval Studies.
.
Electronic books.
KD610 .S634 2015
340.5/7094209031
Unwritten Verities : The Making of England's Vernacular Legal Culture, 1463-1549. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series . - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series .
Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Reading and Writing in a Spoken World -- 2. Between Vernaculars -- 3. John Fortescue and Lancastrian Conciliarism -- Part 2: TRANSFORMATIONS -- 4. The Unwritten Verities of the Common Law -- 5. Pleading for English -- 6. States of Exception -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sobecki argues that the commitment by English common law to an unwritten tradition generated a vernacular legal culture that challenged the textual practices of English humanism and the early Reformation.
9780268092900
Medieval Studies.
.
Electronic books.
KD610 .S634 2015
340.5/7094209031