Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction

Resource Information

The work Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Piers Plowman: a glossary of legal diction

Creator

• Alford, John A., 1938-
• Alford, John A., 1938-

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

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

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