Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England: Justice and Political Power, 1558 1660 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521044530)

Examining aspects of law, history, art, drama and literature, this study represents an original interpretation of a hidden culture: the arcane world of the early modern legal community, and its attempts to restrict governmental power during the period 1558 to 1660. Based at the Inns of Court in London, the legal profession regulated every aspect of its members' lives--dress, consumption, education, worship, entertainment, and even their dwellings--to represent the order of an ideal commonwealth, which it offered as a model for the government of the English State.

Author: Paul Raffield, Raffield Paul
ISBN-10: 0521044537
ISBN-13: 9780521044530
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d