| The Crossroads of Justice: Law and Culture in Late Medieval France Contributor(s): Cohen (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004095691 ISBN-13: 9789004095694 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: The book is an analysis of the cultural and social functions of law, legal processes and legal rituals in late medieval Northern France. It is centered around a time and a place in which European law underwent some major transformations, from a plethora of local oral customs to a fairly coherent system of national, written customary law. In this process, law and legal procedures came to reflect a great variety of cultural traditions, ranging from popular perceptions of animals and the human body to learned ideas of Roman jurisprudence. Drawing upon wide-ranging sources: judicial, legal, literary and historical, Cohen analyzes the various influences upon the shaping of law as a cultural manifestation and its application as an actual system of justice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Customary - History | Europe - France - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 340.509 |
| LCCN: 92000570 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.4" W x 9.72" (1.31 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book is an analysis of the cultural and social functions of law, legal processes and legal rituals in late medieval Northern France. It is centered around a time and a place in which European law underwent some major transformations, from a plethora of local oral customs to a fairly coherent system of national, written customary law. In this process, law and legal procedures came to reflect a great variety of cultural traditions, ranging from popular perceptions of animals and the human body to learned ideas of Roman jurisprudence. Drawing upon wide-ranging sources: judicial, legal, literary and historical, Cohen analyzes the various influences upon the shaping of law as a cultural manifestation and its application as an actual system of justice. |