Title Elizabethan literature and the law of fraudulent conveyance : Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare / Charles Ross

Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- Falstaff's conveyances -- "Creditors and others": the purpose of 13 Eliz., c. 5 (1571) -- Carried away in Arcadia -- Purchase and consideration in Faerie queene IV and V -- Coke, collusion, and Twyne's case (1601) -- Shylock's penalty -- Conclusion Summary This book investigates the origins, impact, and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing, the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets. Focusing on the years between the passage of a key statute in 1571 and the court case that clarified the statute in 1601, Charles Ross convincingly argues that what might seem a minor matter in the law was in fact part of a widespread cultural practice. Debt was more pervasive than sex, at least in the English Common Law Notes Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2003 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2017) Subject Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 -- Knowledge -- Law Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Knowledge -- Law SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 fast Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 fast Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Law in literature. Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century Law and literature -- History -- 16th century Law and literature -- History -- 17th century Fraudulent conveyances -- Great Britain LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Early modern Fraudulent conveyances Law Law and literature Law in literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351940856 1351940856 9781315256702 1315256703

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