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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sobecki, Sebastian, 1973- author.

Series:

ND ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern

Reformation : Medieval and Early Modern

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common law--England--History.

Common law.

Justice, Administration of--England--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Law--Language.

Law.

Transmission of texts--England--History.

Transmission of texts.

Oral tradition--England--History.

Oral tradition.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268092900

0268092907

OCLC:

905636894