Joyce 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 ...
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Joyce 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. The 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.
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Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Dark red cloth, xxii, 137pp, index. A few B&W photos. Rogers is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. (1., 6 JM HOJ 303/0.
Add this copy of The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Will in a New Light to cart. $49.99, like new condition, Sold by JWMah rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Greenwood Press.
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Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Dark red cloth, xxii, 137pp, index. A few B&W photos. Rogers is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. 91., 6 JM HOJ 303/0.
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