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The intellectual and cultural world of the early modern Inns of Court

Title
The intellectual and cultural world of the early modern Inns of Court / edited by Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, and Sarah Knight.
Publication
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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TextUse in library JFE 11-1973Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Archer, Jayne Elisabeth.
  • Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970-
  • Knight, Sarah.
Description
xvi, 334 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.
Summary
This text presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays on an important but overlooked aspect of early modern English life: the artistic and intellectual patronage of the Inns of Court and their influence on religion, politics, education, rhetoric, and culture from the late 15th through the early 18th centuries.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.
Contents
The third university 1450-1550 : law school or finishing school? / J.H. Baker -- Introduction : education, religion, politics, and the law at the early modern Inns of Court / Jayne Elisabeth Archer -- The Inner Temple revels (1561-62) and the Elizabethan rhetoric of signs : legal iconography at the early modern Inns of Court / Paul Raffield -- Gospel, law, and ars praedicandi at the Inns of Court, c.1570-c.1640 / Hugh Adlington -- The Inns of Court and the common law mind : the case of James Whitelocke / Damian X. Powell -- "The sinful history of mine own youth" : John Donne preaches at Lincoln's Inn / Emma Rhatigan -- Readers' dinners and the culture of the early modern Inns of Court / Wilfred R. Prest -- Introduction : the art, architecture, and gardens of the early modern Inns of Court / Elizabeth Goldring -- The halls of the Elizabethan and early Stuart Inns of Court / Mark Girouard -- Professional pride and personal agendas : portaits of judges, lawyers, and members of the Inns of Court, 1560-1630 / Tarnya Cooper -- The evolution of the early gardens of the Inns of Court / Paula Henderson -- The rebuilding of the Inns of Court, 1660-1700 / Geoffrey Tyack -- Introduction : literature and drama at the early modern Inns of Court / Sarah Knight -- Lyric poetry at the early Elizabethan Inns of Court : forming a professional community / Jessica Winston -- The evidential plot : Shakespeare and Gascoigne at Gray's Inn / Lorna Hutson -- Locating the Comedy of errors : revels jurisdiction at the Inns of Court / Bradin Cormack -- Law sports and the night of errors : Shakespeare at the Inns of Court / Richard C. McCoy -- New light on drama, music, and dancing at the Inns of Court to 1642 / Alan H. Nelson.
Call Number
JFE 11-1973
ISBN
  • 0719082366
  • 9780719082368
OCLC
662578187
Title
The intellectual and cultural world of the early modern Inns of Court / edited by Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, and Sarah Knight.
Imprint
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.
Added Author
Archer, Jayne Elisabeth.
Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970-
Knight, Sarah.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-1973
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