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    Law, politics and society in early modern England by Brooks, C. W.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…English history and the history of English law 1485-1642 -- Courts, lawyers and legal thought under the early Tudors -- The initiatives of the crown and the break from Rome -- Political realities and legal discourse in the later sixteenth century -- The politics of jurisdiction I: the liberty of the subject and the ecclesiastical polity 1560--c. 1610 -- The politics of jurisdiction II: multiple kingdoms and questions about royal authority -- The absoluta potestas of a sovereign and the liberty of the subject: law and political controversy in the 1620s -- The degeneration of civil society into a state of war 1629--1642 -- Law and 'community' -- The aristocracy, the gentry and the rule of law -- Economic and tenurial relationships -- The household and its members -- The person, the community and the state.…”
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    Regional variations in matrimonial law and custom in Europe, 1150-1600

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : regional variations and harmonization in medieval matrimonial law / Mia Korpiola -- E pluribus unum : custom, the professionalization of medieval law and regional variations in marriage formation / James A. …”
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    The Roman Inquisition a papal bureaucracy and its laws in the age of Galileo / by Mayer, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1951-

    Published 2013
    Subjects: “…Criminal procedure (Canon law) History 16th century.…”
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    Justice, women, and power in English Renaissance drama

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…Performative subversions: Portia, language, and the law in the merchant of Venice / Andrew Majeske and Emily Detmer-Goebel -- Proceed in justice: narratives of marital betrayal in the winter's tale / Kathryn R. …”
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    The semiotics of rape in Renaissance English literature by Ritscher, Lee A., 1961-

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The influence of misogyny on pre- and early modern rape laws -- The rape of Philomela : silence and speech -- The rape of Lucrece and the destruction of the feminine ideal -- The appetite for violence against women : the case of Lavinia's rape in Titus Andronicus.…”
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    The Roman Inquisition : on the stage of Italy, c. 1590-1640 / by Mayer, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1951-

    Published 2014
    Subjects: “…Criminal procedure (Canon law) History 16th century.…”
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    Marriage on trial : late medieval German couples at the papal court / by Schmugge, Ludwig

    Published 2008
    Subjects: “…Marriage (Canon law) History 16th century.…”
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    Poets, Patrons, and Printers : Crisis of Authority in Late Medieval France / by Brown, Cynthia J., 1948-

    Published 2019
    Table of Contents: “…Documentation of Andre de Ia Vigne's 1504 Lawsuit and Bibliographical Data --…”
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