{"product_id":"images-and-cultures-of-law-in-early-modern-england-justice-and-political-power-1558-1660-paperback-9780521044530","title":"Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England; Justice and Political Power, 1558–1660 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521044530","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImages and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJustice and Political Power, 1558–1660\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn interesting interpretation of the arcane world of the early modern legal community.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Raffield (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521044530, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.468 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This revealing work offers an original interpretation of early legal culture and emphasises the historic powers of the Inns of Court.' The Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers an interesting interpretation of the hidden culture of the early modern legal profession and its influence on the development of the English constitution. It locates an alternative site of political sovereignty in the legal communities at the Inns of Court in London, examining the signs of legitimacy by which they sought to validate the claim that common law represented sovereign constitutional authority. The role of symbols in the culture of English law is central to the book's analysis. Within the framework of a cultural history of the legal profession from 1558 to 1660, the book considers the social presence of the law, revealed in its various signs. It analyses how institutional existence at the Inns of Court presented the legal community as an emblematic template for the English nation-state, defending the sovereignty of the Ancient Constitution by reference to the immemorial provenance of common law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Eating, learning and revering the law: oral traditions and the religious inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 2. Architecture and heraldry: bodies of law, myth and honour\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revels, feasting and role-playing: dreamland, drunkenness and the Utopian state\u003cbr\u003e 4. The theatre of law: dramatic symbols of crown, common law and the Ancient Constitution\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reformation, regulation and the image: the English state and the subject of law\u003cbr\u003e 6. Common lawyers, fundamental law and the idolatrous mask of Charles I\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interregnum: lex, ius and de facto government\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Constitutional \u0026amp; administrative law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Constitutional \u0026amp; administrative law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Constitutional%20\u0026amp;%20administrative%20law%20%5BLND%5D%22\"\u003eLND\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006261743896,"sku":"9780521044530","price":22.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521044530i_711cdb29-9138-41da-ae12-7d55280de0cd.jpg?v=1694968645","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/images-and-cultures-of-law-in-early-modern-england-justice-and-political-power-1558-1660-paperback-9780521044530","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}