Author : John Cowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015014984721
The Interpreter, 1607
John Cowell
The Interpreter 1607
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The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words
John Cowell
Author : John Cowell
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781584772651
The Interpreter, Or, Booke Containing the Signification of Words by John Cowell Pdf
Cowell, John. The Interpreter: Or Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Foorth the True Meaning of All, or the Most Part of Such Words and Termes, as are Mentioned in the Lawe Writers, or Statutes of This Victorious and Renowned Kingdome, Requiring Any Exposition or Interpretation. A Worke not Onely Profitable, but Necessary for Such as Desire Throughly to be Instructed in the Knowledge of Our Lawes, Statutes, and Other Antiquities. Cambridge: Printed by John Legate, 1607. Unpaginated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-265-4. Cloth. $125. * Reprint of the rare first edition. The Interpreter was considered to be the best law dictionary until Jacob's, and was, and still is, used by scholars of early English legal texts. Indeed, Walker describes Cowell [1554-1611] as "reputed the most learned civilian of his time." But its publication sparked enormous controversy. At a time when Parliament and crown were vying for power, the Commons disapproved of Cowell's monarchical orientation, which was evident in such definitions as "King," "Parliament," "Prerogative," "Recoveries" and "Subsidies." When a joint committee of Lords and Councillors reviewed the work, the ensuing controversy nearly halted the affairs of government. James I intervened in fear that his own fiscal interests would not be approved by the Parliament, and ordered a proclamation that imprisoned Cowell, suppressed the book and ordered all copies burned by a public hangman on March 10, 1610. Moreover, The Interpreter contained a quotation that criticized Littleton's scholarship, which alienated and enraged Sir Edward Coke. It comes as no surprise that he was instrumental in the book's suppression and in Cowell's persecution. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 311. Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 233-4. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) I:477. Marke, Vignettes of Legal History 309-312. Cowley, A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digest, Dictionariesand Indexes to the Year 1800 106. Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations I: 7 (18).
A Law Dictionary, Or, The Interpreter of Words and Terms,
John Cowell
Author : John Cowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1708
Category : English language
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000137683
A Law Dictionary, Or, The Interpreter of Words and Terms, by John Cowell Pdf
Negotiating the Jacobean Printed Book
Pete Langman
Author : Pete Langman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351915403
Negotiating the Jacobean Printed Book by Pete Langman Pdf
By examining the spaces where authors, printers and readers interact, Negotiating the Jacobean Printed Book highlights the manner in which contemporary culture and canon not only co-existed but mutually nourished and affected one another. An international group of book history scholars look beyond the traditional literary and canonical texts to explore, amongst other things, the physical nature of books and their place in Jacobean society. The contributors interrogate not just the texts themselves, but the habits, proclamations, letters and problems encountered by authors, printers and readers. Ranging from the funding of perhaps the most important book of the early Jacobean period, the 1611 AV Bible, and the ways in which it changed the balance of power in the King's Printers, to how the importation of Continental drill manuals by professional soldiers influenced the Privy council, the essays focus on the fissures which open up between practice and proclamation, between manuscript and press, and between print and parliament. Together these essays nuance our understanding of how print culture affected, and was affected by, wider cultural concerns; the volume constitutes a compelling contribution to both literary and historical studies of early modern England.
Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers
Anne C. McDermott
Author : Anne C. McDermott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351870221
Ashgate Critical Essays on Early English Lexicographers by Anne C. McDermott Pdf
The eighteenth century is renowned for the publication of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, which reference sources still call the first English dictionary. This collection demonstrates the inaccuracy of that claim, but its tenacity in the public mind testifies to how decisively Johnson formed our sense of what a dictionary is. The essays and articles in this volume examine the already flourishing tradition of English lexicography from which Johnson drew, as represented by Kersey, Bailey, and Martin, as well as the flourishing contemporary trade in encyclopedic, technical, pronunciation, and bilingual lexicons.
A Law Dictionary, Or the Interpreter of Words and Terms
John Cowel
Author : John Cowel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 026770870X
A Law Dictionary, Or the Interpreter of Words and Terms by John Cowel Pdf
Excerpt from A Law Dictionary, or the Interpreter of Words and Terms: Used Either in the Common or Statute Laws of Great Britain, and in Tenures and Jocular Customs One thingi have donein this Book, whereof, becaufe it may feem ftrange to'fome, I think to yield my Reafon, and that is the inferring not only of Words belonging to the Art of the Law, but ofany other alfo, that I thought obfcure, of what fort foever As Fill), Cloath, Spices, Drugs, Furs, and fuch like. For in this I follow the Example ofour Civi lians, that have thought it their Part to expound any Thing they could meet with in their Walk. And indeed a Lawyer profell'eth true Philofophy, and therefore (hould not be igno rant (ifit were pofiible) of either Bealls, Fowls, or creeping Things, nor of the Trees, from the Cedar of Lebanon, to the Hylfop that fpringeth out of the Wall. And therefore if I have either omitted any hard Word within my Circuit, or fet it down not expounded, I give you good Leave to impute the one to my Negligence, the Other to mine Ignorance, and fo commend thefe my Pains to your belt Profit, and you unto God. Nov. 3. 1607. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Laws, Lawyers and Texts
Susanne Jenks,Jonathan Rose,Christopher Whittick
Author : Susanne Jenks,Jonathan Rose,Christopher Whittick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004212480
Laws, Lawyers and Texts by Susanne Jenks,Jonathan Rose,Christopher Whittick Pdf
This book focuses on medieval legal history. The essays discuss the birth of the Common Law, the interaction between systems of law, the evolution of the legal profession, and the operation and procedures of the Common Law in England. All these factors will ensure a warm reception of the volume by a broad range of readers.
Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England
Joanne Begiato,Michael Lobban,Adrian Green
Author : Joanne Begiato,Michael Lobban,Adrian Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491723
Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England by Joanne Begiato,Michael Lobban,Adrian Green Pdf
Explores the impact of legal ideas and legal consciousness on early modern English society and culture.
A Place for Everything
Judith Flanders
Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781541675063
A Place for Everything by Judith Flanders Pdf
From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible. With abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z. A Times (UK) Best Book of 2020
Biographia Britannica
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1750
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : BCUL:1093330506
Biographia Britannica by Anonim Pdf
Artifacts
Crystal B. Lake
Author : Crystal B. Lake
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421436517
Artifacts by Crystal B. Lake Pdf
A literary history of the old, broken, rusty, dusty, and moldy stuff that people dug up in England during the long eighteenth century. In the eighteenth century, antiquaries—wary of the biases of philosophers, scientists, politicians, and historians—used old objects to establish what they claimed was a true account of history. But just what could these small, fragmentary, frequently unidentifiable things, whose origins were unknown and whose worth or meaning was not self-evident, tell people about the past? In Artifacts, Crystal B. Lake unearths the four kinds of old objects that were most frequently found and cataloged in Enlightenment-era England: coins, manuscripts, weapons, and grave goods. Following these prized objects as they made their way into popular culture, Lake develops new interpretations of works by Joseph Addison, John Dryden, Horace Walpole, Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, among others. Rereading these authors with the artifact in mind uncovers previously unrecognized allusions that unravel works we thought we knew well. In this new history of antiquarianism and, by extension, historiography, Lake reveals that artifacts rarely acted as agents of fact, as those who studied them would have claimed. Instead, she explains, artifacts are objects unlike any other. Fragmented and from another time or place, artifacts invite us to fill in their shapes and complete their histories with our imaginations. Composed of body as well as spirit and located in the present as well as the past, artifacts inspire speculative reconstructions that frequently contradict one another. Lake's history and theory of the artifact will be of particular importance to scholars of material culture and forms. This fascinating book provides curious readers with new ways of evaluating the relationships that exist between texts and objects.
The Legal History of the Church of England
Norman Doe,Stephen Coleman
Author : Norman Doe,Stephen Coleman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509973187
The Legal History of the Church of England by Norman Doe,Stephen Coleman Pdf
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the law of the established Church of England from the Reformation to the present day. It explores the foundations of ecclesiastical law and considers its crucial role in the development of the Church of England over the centuries. The law has often been the site of major political and theological controversies, within and outside the church, including the Reformation itself, the English civil war, the Restoration and rise of religious toleration, the impact of the industrial revolution, the ritualist disputes of the 19th century, and the rise of secularisation in the twentieth. The book examines key statutes, canons, case-law, and other instruments in fields such as church governance and ministry, doctrine and liturgy, rites of passage (from baptism to burial) and church property. Each chapter studies a broadly 50-year period, analysing it in terms of continuity and change, explaining the laws by reference to politics and theology, and evaluating the significance of the legal landmarks for the development of church law and its place in wider English society.
Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater
Matteo A. Pangallo
Author : Matteo A. Pangallo
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812294255
Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater by Matteo A. Pangallo Pdf
Among the dramatists who wrote for the professional playhouses of early modern London was a small group of writers who were neither members of the commercial theater industry writing to make a living nor aristocratic amateurs dipping their toes in theatrical waters for social or political prestige. Instead, they were largely working- and middle-class amateurs who had learned most of what they knew about drama from being members of the audience. Using a range of familiar and lesser-known print and manuscript plays, as well as literary accounts and documentary evidence, Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater shows how these playgoers wrote and revised to address what they assumed to be the needs of actors, readers, and the Master of the Revels; how they understood playhouse materials and practices; and how they crafted poetry for theatrical effects. The book also situates them in the context of the period's concepts of, and attitudes toward, playgoers' participation in the activity of playmaking. Plays by playgoers such as the rogue East India Company clerk Walter Mountfort or the highwayman John Clavell invite us into the creative imaginations of spectators, revealing what certain audience members wanted to see and how they thought actors might stage it. By reading Shakespeare's theater through these playgoers' works, Matteo Pangallo contributes a new category of evidence to our understanding of the relationships between the early modern stage, its plays, and its audiences. More broadly, he shows how the rise of England's first commercialized culture industry also gave rise to the first generation of participatory consumers and their attempts to engage with mainstream culture by writing early modern "fan fiction."
Press Censorship in Jacobean England
Cyndia Susan Clegg
Author : Cyndia Susan Clegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139430067
Press Censorship in Jacobean England by Cyndia Susan Clegg Pdf
This 2001 book examines the ways in which books were produced, read and received during the reign of King James I. It challenges prevailing attitudes that press censorship in Jacobean England differed little from either the 'whole machinery of control' enacted by the Court of Star Chamber under Elizabeth or the draconian campaign implemented by Archbishop Laud, during the reign of Charles I. Cyndia Clegg, building on her earlier study Press Censorship in Elizabethan England, contends that although the principal mechanisms for controlling the press altered little between 1558 and 1603, the actual practice of censorship under King James I varied significantly from Elizabethan practice. The book combines historical analysis of documents with literary reading of censored texts and exposes the kinds of tensions that really mattered in Jacobean culture. It will be an invaluable resource for literary scholars and historians alike.
Forms of Nationhood
Richard Helgerson
Author : Richard Helgerson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226326349
Forms of Nationhood by Richard Helgerson Pdf
What have poems and maps, law books and plays, ecclesiastical polemics and narratives of overseas exploration to do with one another? By most accounts, very little. They belong to different genres and have been appropriated by scholars in different disciplines. But, as Richard Helgerson shows in this ambitious and wide-ranging study, all were part of an extraordinary sixteenth- and seventeenth-century enterprise: the project of making England.