Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age / Allen D. Boyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Allen D.

Series:

Jurists-- profiles in legal theory

Jurists--profiles in legal theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.

Coke, Edward.

Judges--England--Biography.

Judges.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This book breaks new ground as the first scholarly biography of Coke, whose most recent general biography appeared in 1957, and draws revealingly on Coke's own papers and notebooks. The book covers Coke's early life and career, to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603 (a second volume will cover Coke's career under James I and Charles I). In particular, this book highlights Coke's close connection with the Puritans of England; his learning, legal practice, and legal theory; his family life and ambitious dealings; and the treason cases he prosecuted.

Contents:

Norfolk beginnings, 1552-1570

Roads south: Norwich, Cambridge, Holborn

Learning the law

Practicing the law

Magistrates and ministers: county politics, 1572-1583

Challenges to authority: county politics, 1583-1592

Understanding authority, and will: Coke's "artificial reason"

The great cases: Shelley, Chudleigh, and Slade

Coke's historical learning

Anne Coke Stubbes and the Puritan movement

Sir Edward and mistress Anne

Character

The parliament of 1593

The queen's attorney and Cecil's man

The end of the reign.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-315) and index.

ISBN:

0804748098

0804738785

OCLC:

51726739