MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012359263
003 DLC
005 20120130085934.0
008 120130s2011 be a b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012359263
020 $a9782503541747 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a2503541747 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9782503542072 (ebk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aKJC3769$b.M43 2011
082 00 $a347/.1170504$222
245 00 $aMedieval legal process. Physical, spoken and written performance in the Middle Ages /$cedited by Marco Mostert, P.S. Barnwell.
260 $aTurnhout :$bBrepols,$cc2011.
300 $aviii, 299 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aUtrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 8 $aIn medieval legal transactions the use of the written word was only one of many ways of conducting business. Important roles were played by the spoken word and by the 'action' of ritual. The relationship between 'rituals' and literacy has been the focus of much recent research. Medieval societies which made extensive use of written instruments in legal transactions have been shown to employ rituals as well. This has ledto investigation of the respective functions of written instruments and legal rituals. What is the nature of legal rituals? If they included oral verbalization, how did the spoken words relate to those of the written instruments that played a role in the same legal transactions? Usually, we only have the written documents to answer these questions, and they are often silent about the rituals and oral elements of the transactions they document.
650 0 $aPractice of law$zEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aProcedure (Law)$zEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aLegal instruments$zEurope$xHistory.
700 1 $aMostert, Marco.
700 1 $aBarnwell, P. S.