The crossroads of justice : : law and culture in late medieval France / / by Esther Cohen.
The book is an analysis of the cultural and social functions of law, legal processes and legal rituals in late medieval Northern France. It is centered around a time and a place in which European law underwent some major transformations, from a plethora of local oral customs to a fairly coherent sys...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 36 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1993. |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 36. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE: FUNCTIONS AND FORMS OF LAW
- CHAPTER TWO: THE REALITY OF MEDIEVAL LAW AND ITS MYTHS
- CHAPTER THREE: THE REALITY OF LATE MEDIEVAL FRENCH LAW AND ITS MYTHS
- CHAPTER FOUR: COURTHOUSE RITUALS IN TRANSITION
- CHAPTER FIVE: FOLKLORE AND SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS IN MEDIEVAL LEGAL RITUALS
- CHAPTER SIX: THE RITUALS OF EXCLUSION: WOMEN AND JEWS
- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE RITUALS OF INCLUSION: ANIMALS
- CHAPTER EIGHT\' THE RITUALS OF THE EXCLUDED: THE DEAD
- CHAPTER NINE: THE INTERACTIVE VOCABULARY OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER TEN: POWER AND DISGRACE: RITUALS OF INFAMY
- CHAPTER ELEVEN\' POWER AND DEATH: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.