IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1330: Communicating Legal Narratives between Court and Society
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Organiser: | Jamie Page, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ian Forrest, Oriel College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1330-a | The Appropriate Chastisement of Wives: Evidence from the Court of Chancery (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Law, Social History |
| Paper 1330-b | Late Medieval Law Courts and Public Communication: A Comparative View (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Literacy and Orality, Rhetoric, Social History |
| Paper 1330-c | Between the Streets and the Courtroom in Late Medieval Zurich (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Literacy and Orality, Social History |
| Abstract | This session is concerned with the means by which courts communicated legal narratives to wider society in the later Middle Ages, as well as how the process took place in reverse. Focussing upon various jurisdictions from different regions of Europe, the papers examine the relationship between public and private spaces in domestic life, in the streets, and in the political and judicial spheres in order to study processes of communication between each. The importance of particular judicial contexts as well as the role of individuals as legal actors inside and outside the courtroom are considered, as well as the different impact of written and oral forms of communication. |