Fictions of Evidence : Witnessing, Literature, and Community in the Late Middle Ages /
Throughout the Middle Ages, witnessing was a crucial way religious and legal “truths” were understood and produced. Religious and secular officials alike harnessed the power of testimony to assert doctrinal, political, or legal responsibilities. Swearing an oath, testifying in court, and signing a d...
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| Format: | Elektronički e-knjiga |
| Jezik: | engleski |
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Columbus :
Ohio State University Press,
[2013]
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- Introduction : Witness testimony and literary production in the later Middle Ages
- The face of a saint and the seal of a king
- Silence, testimony, and the case of Susanna
- Neighbors, witnesses, and outlaws in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
- Piers Plowman, book, and the testimonial body
- Witnessing, presence, and Lollard communities
- Coda : Witnessing the Middle Ages.