| Description |
xvi, 334 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN |
9780719090097 (pbk.) |
| Note |
Originally published: 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index. |
| Contents |
The third university 1450-1550 : law school or finishing school? / J.H. Baker -- Introduction : education, religion, politics, and the law at the early modern Inns of Court / Jayne Elisabeth Archer -- The Inner Temple revels (1561-62) and the Elizabethan rhetoric of signs : legal iconography at the early modern Inns of Court / Paul Raffield -- Gospel, law, and ars praedicandi at the Inns of Court, c.1570-c.1640 / Hugh Adlington -- The Inns of Court and the common law mind : the case of James Whitelocke / Damian X. Powell -- "The sinful history of mine own youth" : John Donne preaches at Lincoln's Inn / Emma Rhatigan -- Readers' dinners and the culture of the early modern Inns of Court / Wilfred R. Prest -- Introduction : the art, architecture, and gardens of the early modern Inns of Court / Elizabeth Goldring -- The halls of the Elizabethan and early Stuart Inns of Court / Mark Girouard -- Professional pride and personal agendas : portaits of judges, lawyers, and members of the Inns of Court, 1560-1630 / Tarnya Cooper -- The evolution of the early gardens of the Inns of Court / Paula Henderson -- The rebuilding of the Inns of Court, 1660-1700 / Geoffrey Tyack -- Introduction : literature and drama at the early modern Inns of Court / Sarah Knight -- Lyric poetry at the early Elizabethan Inns of Court : forming a professional community / Jessica Winston -- The evidential plot : Shakespeare and Gascoigne at Gray's Inn / Lorna Hutson -- Locating the Comedy of errors : revels jurisdiction at the Inns of Court / Bradin Cormack -- Law sports and the night of errors : Shakespeare at the Inns of Court / Richard C. McCoy -- New light on drama, music, and dancing at the Inns of Court to 1642 / Alan H. Nelson. |
| Summary |
This text presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays on an important but overlooked aspect of early modern English life: the artistic and intellectual patronage of the Inns of Court and their influence on religion, politics, education, rhetoric, and culture from the late 15th through the early 18th centuries. |
| Library Class |
Law HA60
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| Subject |
Inns of Court -- History -- 16th century.
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Inns of Court -- History -- 17th century.
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Arts, English -- 16th century.
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Arts, English -- 17th century.
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England -- Civilization -- 16th century.
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England -- Civilization -- 17th century.
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| Other Author |
Archer, Jayne Elisabeth.
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Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970-
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Knight, Sarah, 1975-
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