| Description |
vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Thelma Fenster, Daniel Lord Smail -- PART I. FAMA AND THE LAW -- Fama and the law in twelfth-century Tuscany / Chris Wickham -- Fama as a legal status in renaissance Florence / Thomas Kuehn -- Silent witnesses, absent women, and the law courts in medieval Germany / Madeline H. Caviness, Charles G. Nelson -- PART II. FAMA AND REPUTATION -- Good name, reputation, and notoriety in French customary law / F.R.P. Akehurst -- Infamy and proof in Medieval Spain / Jeffrey A. Bowman -- Constructing reputations : fama and memory in Christine de Pizan's Charles V and L'Advision Christine / Lori J. Walters -- PART 3. FAMA AND SPEECH -- Sin, speech, and scolding in late medieval England / Sandy Bardsley -- Romancing the world : fama in the middle English Sir Launfal and Athelston / Richard Horvath -- Fama and pastoral constraints on rebuking sinners : the book of Margery Kempe / Edwin D. Craun -- Conclusion / Thelma Fenster, Daniel Lord Smail |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index |
| Subject |
Reputation (Law) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Law, Medieval -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Fenster, Thelma S.
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Smail, Daniel Lord.
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| LC no. |
2002154830 |
| ISBN |
0801439396 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801439391 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801488575 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780801488573 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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