{"product_id":"the-legal-epic-alison-a-chapman-9780226435138","title":"The Legal Epic: Paradise Lost and the Early Modern Law","description":"The seventeenth century saw some of the most important jurisprudential changes in England's history, yet the period has been largely overlooked in the rich field of literature and law. Helping to fill this gap, \u003ci\u003eThe Legal Epic\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to situate the great poet and polemicist John Milton at the center of late seventeenth-century legal history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alison A. Chapman argues that Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e sits at the apex of the early modern period's long fascination with law and judicial processes. Milton's world saw law and religion as linked disciplines and thought therefore that in different ways, both law and religion should reflect the will of God. Throughout \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Milton invites his readers to judge actions using not only reason and conscience but also core principles of early modern jurisprudence. Law thus informs Milton's attempt to \"justify the ways of God to men\" and points readers toward the types of legal justice that should prevail on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adding to the growing interest in the cultural history of law, \u003ci\u003eThe Legal Epic\u003c\/i\u003e shows that England's preeminent epic poem is also a sustained reflection on the role law plays in human society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison A. Chapman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022643513X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226435138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017","brand":"Alison A. Chapman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757132660991,"sku":"9780226435138","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ada8022-fe4e-4f42-9d7b-9331c262eaa8.jpg?v=1765509982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-legal-epic-alison-a-chapman-9780226435138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}