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  1. The making of felony procedure in middle English literature
    Author: Wang, Elise
    Published: [2024]; ©2024
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This text is about felony prosecution in late medieval England, which it argues was shaped by literary and legal ideas. Medieval lawmen found felony distasteful, leaving its definition and prosecution to ordinary people. Wang argues they turned to... more

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    This text is about felony prosecution in late medieval England, which it argues was shaped by literary and legal ideas. Medieval lawmen found felony distasteful, leaving its definition and prosecution to ordinary people. Wang argues they turned to literary dramatic, and religious sources for their ideas of evidence, proof, and guilt.

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191967023
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    Series: Law and literature
    Oxford scholarship online
    Subjects: English literature; Crime in literature; Law in literature; Law, Medieval; Literature; Literature: history & criticism
    Scope: 1 online resource.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 6, 2024)