The Resource Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
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The item Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Scholars have long believed that William Langland had a technical knowledge of the law. Piers Plowman: A Glossary of Legal Diction is the first attempt to confirm that belief through a comprehensive study of the poet's language. The Glossary examines more than 600 words and phrases (from all three versions of the poem) that had legal significance in 14th-century England. Entries include not only such specialized terms as escheat, mainprise, and supersedeas, but also words like challenge, determine, farm, occupy, and reason, whose legal significance has been obscured by centuries of ordinary usage. Each entry consists of a definition, one or more examples in Piers Plowman, and supporting citations from legal sources. An introductory essay places the poet's use of legal terminology within the larger framework of his moral purpose. -- Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
- Title
- Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
- Subject
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- Langland, William -- Knowledge | Law
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400 -- Knowledge | Law
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400 -- Language | Glossaries, etc
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400 -- Et le droit
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400 -- Langue
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- Langland, William
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Scholars have long believed that William Langland had a technical knowledge of the law. Piers Plowman: A Glossary of Legal Diction is the first attempt to confirm that belief through a comprehensive study of the poet's language. The Glossary examines more than 600 words and phrases (from all three versions of the poem) that had legal significance in 14th-century England. Entries include not only such specialized terms as escheat, mainprise, and supersedeas, but also words like challenge, determine, farm, occupy, and reason, whose legal significance has been obscured by centuries of ordinary usage. Each entry consists of a definition, one or more examples in Piers Plowman, and supporting citations from legal sources. An introductory essay places the poet's use of legal terminology within the larger framework of his moral purpose. -- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alford, John A.
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR2017.L38
- LC item number
- A44 1988
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Piers Plowman studies
- Series volume
- 5
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English language
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Langland, William
- Label
- Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxxi, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9780859912488
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxxi, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9780859912488
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Langland, William -- Knowledge | Law
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400 -- Knowledge | Law
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400 -- Language | Glossaries, etc
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400 -- Et le droit
- Langland, William, approximately 1330-approximately 1400 -- Langue
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
- Langland, William
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