Rosemarie Mcgerr

A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes

The Yale Law School New Statutes of England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes explores the role played by the manuscript as a commentary on royal justice and grace for its later owners and offers modern readers a fascinating example of the long-lasting influence of medieval manuscripts on subsequent readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780253356413
• ISBN-10: 0253356415
• Artikelnr.: 32730702

Autorenporträt

Rosemarie McGerr

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Margin and the Center-Framing a Reading of a Legal
Manuscript
1. The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Medieval English Statute Books:
Similarities and Differences
2. Royal Portraits and Royal Arms: The Iconography of the Yale New Statutes
Manuscript
3. The Queen and the Lancastrian Cause: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript
and Margaret of Anjou
4. Educating the Prince: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Lancastrian
Mirrors for Princes
5. "Grace Be Our Guide": The Cultural Significance of a Medieval Law Book
Appendix 1: Chronology of Events
Appendix 2: Codicological Description of New Haven, Yale Law School,
Lillian Goldman Law Library MssG +St11 no.1
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Plates appear after page 000.