A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age Volume 3

Opened up by the revival of Classical thought but riven by the violence of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the terrain of Early Modern law was constantly shifting. The age of expansion saw unparalleled degrees of internal and external exploration and colonization, accompanied by the advance of science and the growing power of knowledge. A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age , covering the period from 1500 to 1680, explores the war of jurisdictions and the slow and contested emergence of national legal traditions in continental Europe and in Britannia. Most particularly, the chapters examine the European quality of the Western legal traditions and seek to link the political project of Anglican common law, the mos britannicus , to its classical European language and context. Drawing upon a wealth of textual and visual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession. Volume 1. A cultural history of law in antiquity / edited by Julen Etxabe, University of Helsinki, Finland -- Volume 2. A cultural history of law in the middle ages / edited by Emanuele Conte, Roma Tre University, Italy and EHESS, Paris, France and Laurent Mayali, University of California at Berkeley, USA -- Volume 3. A cultural history of law in the early modern age / edited by Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA -- Volume 4. A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment / edited by Rebecca Probert, University of Warwick, UK and John Snape, University of Warwick, UK -- Volume 5. A cultural history of law in the age of reform / edited by Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK -- Volume 6. A cultural history of law in the modern age / edited by Richard K Sherwin, New York University Law School, USA and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia Cover Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction: The Great Dialogue 1 Justice 2 Constitutions 3 Codes: Redressing London—Sumptuary Laws and the Control of Clothing in the Early Modern City 4 Agreements 5 Arguments: The Visual Mediation of Arguments in the Renaissance 6 Property and Possession 7 Wrongs 8 The Legal Profession: Tudor Lawyers in an Age of Litigation Notes Bibliography Index