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Law and Language in the Middle Ages

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Law and Language in the Middle Ages investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages.Contributors are Michael H. Gelting, Dirk Heirbaut, Carole Hough, Anette Kremer, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, André Marques, Matthew McHaffie, Bruce O’Brien, Paul Russell, Werner Schäfke, and Vincenz Schwab.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-07-19
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMedieval Law and Its Practice
Antal sidor308
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004342675

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Jenny Benham is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Cardiff University. Her publications include Peacemaking in the Middle Ages: Principles and Practice (Manchester, 2011) and numerous articles on various aspects of law and diplomatic practice in the period 800-1250.Matthew McHaffie completed his Ph.D. on ‘Power, Lordship, and Landholding in Anjou, c.1000–c.1150’ in 2014, and is currently a researcher at King’s College London. He has published on law and lordship in France in the central Middle Ages.Helle Vogt is a Professor in Legal History at the University of Copenhagen. Her publications include The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation (Leiden, 2010) and numerous articles on aspects of Nordic legal history.

ContentsNotes on ContributorsList of IllustrationsIntroductionJenny Benham, Matthew McHaffie, and Helle Vogtpart 1 Translation and Interpretation of Law1 Why Laws Were Translated in Medieval England: Access, Authority, and AuthenticityBruce O’Brien2 Translating Justinian: Transmitting and Transforming Roman Law in the Middle AgesAda Maria Kuskowski3 Leges Iutorum: The Medieval Latin Translation of the Law of JutlandMichael H. Gelting4 The Languages and Registers of Law in Medieval Ireland and WalesPaul Russellpart 2 The Languages of Legal Practice and Documentary Culture5 Latin and the Vernacular in Medieval Legal Documents: The Case of DenmarkAnders Leegaard Knudsen6 Between the Language of Law and the Language of Justice: The Use of Formulas in Portuguese Dispute Texts (Tenth and Eleventh Centuries)André Evangelista Marques7 The Dangers of Using Latin Texts for the Study of Customary Law: The Example of Flemish Feudal Law during the High Middle AgesDirk Heirbaut8 Sources of Legal Language: The Development of Warranty Clauses in Western France, ca.1030–ca.1240Matthew McHaffiepart 3 Methodology, Interaction, and Language9 Law and Language in the Leges Barbarorum: A Database Project on the Vernacular Vocabulary in Medieval ManuscriptsAnette Kremer and Vincenz Schwab10 ‘And since We are No Lawyers, We Will Void the Lawsuit with Battle Axes’! Voiding a Lawsuit in Old Icelandic Procedural LawWerner Schäfke11 Biblical Analogues for Early Anglo-Saxon LawCarole HoughIndex