Unwritten verities: the making of England's vernacular legal culture, 1463 - 1549
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 e...
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-246) and index |
| ISBN: | 0268041458 |