Law, book, culture in the Middle Ages / edited by Thom Gobbitt.

"In [this book] fifteen contributions are brought together, each taking a detailed view on the role of manuscripts and the written word in legal cultures and literate representations thereof. Four broad thematic approaches exploring the manuscript contexts and reception, of law and legal though...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gobbitt, Thom (Author, Editor)
Other title:Law book culture in the Middle Ages
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 14.
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Summary:"In [this book] fifteen contributions are brought together, each taking a detailed view on the role of manuscripts and the written word in legal cultures and literate representations thereof. Four broad thematic approaches exploring the manuscript contexts and reception, of law and legal thought are considered: Law-Books, Law & Society, Legal Practice, and Text & Edition. The studies span the medieval period and reach across western and central Europe, closely considering facets of manuscript culture and legal literacies and practices from what are now Bulgaria, England, France and Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Wales"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 463 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and indexes.
ISBN:9004448659
9789004448650
ISSN:2352-0299 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 03, 2021).