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- catalog abstract ""As a Member of Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Justice ad Inquirendum, litigant, plaintiff, and "attornato," Geoffrey Chaucer read the literature of the law. But what actually did he read and what did it tell him about law, about life, and, ultimately, about art? Did documents from the Manor Courts, for example, suggest the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales? Was a Norwich lending law the impetus for the Shipman's Tale? Milling ordinances, for the fabliau told by the Reeve? Does the House of Fame draw on a law of publica fama, and could there be a legal reading for that strange poem? Did specific methods for reading legal tracts suggest to Chaucer certain techniques that he in turn could require of his audience when they read his works? And if so, how are we to know? It is questions such as these that this book addresses."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12313492.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""As a Member of Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Justice ad Inquirendum, litigant, plaintiff, and "attornato," Geoffrey Chaucer read the literature of the law. But what actually did he read and what did it tell him about law, about life, and, ultimately, about art? Did documents from the Manor Courts, for example, suggest the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales? Was a Norwich lending law the impetus for the Shipman's Tale? Milling ordinances, for the fabliau told by the Reeve? Does the House of Fame draw on a law of publica fama, and could there be a legal reading for that strange poem? Did specific methods for reading legal tracts suggest to Chaucer certain techniques that he in turn could require of his audience when they read his works? And if so, how are we to know? It is questions such as these that this book addresses."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-168) and index.".
- catalog description "Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Literature and the Law Courts -- 2. Before The Canterbury Tales: Law in The House of Fame -- 3. Legal Exemplars and Narrative Technique: The Canterbury Tales, I -- 4. Law and Social History: The Canterbury Tales, II -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "170 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Chaucer's "legal fiction".".
- catalog identifier "0838639178 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Chaucer's "legal fiction".".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Press,".
- catalog relation "Chaucer's "legal fiction".".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "821/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 Knowledge Law.".
- catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.".
- catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame.".
- catalog subject "Law England History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Law in literature.".
- catalog subject "Law, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Legal stories History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "PR1933.L38 B73 2001".
- catalog subject "Rhetoric, Medieval.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Literature and the Law Courts -- 2. Before The Canterbury Tales: Law in The House of Fame -- 3. Legal Exemplars and Narrative Technique: The Canterbury Tales, I -- 4. Law and Social History: The Canterbury Tales, II -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Chaucer's "legal fiction" : reading the records / Mary Flowers Braswell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".