{"product_id":"the-second-best-bed-joyce-rogers-9780313288319","title":"The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Will in a New Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoyce Rogers sheds new light upon Shakespeare's last public words through her study of medieval and Renaissance ecclesiastical and testamentary laws and custom. Professor Rogers provides extensive background material on English legal history and shows that the legal documents of the time do give legal answer to the doubts and speculations that have grown up around Shakespeare's will. She shows how the will is replete with elements of civil and common as well as ecclesiastical law and custom, making more understandable the disputed points of Shakespeare's will, and establishing that the will was as correct, incontestable, and conventional as possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe main thrust of the book, however, is not on the law as such. It is on how the law was used by Shakespeare to serve the best interests and needs of the women and children in his family as well as the friends named therein. As such, the book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Elizabethan society and to all Shakespearean scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313288313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313288319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Joyce Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152958828799,"sku":"9780313288319","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f88bcac-a653-475a-adae-5164796b7567.jpg?v=1770780348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-best-bed-joyce-rogers-9780313288319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}