Dead Voice: Law, Philosophy, and Fiction in the Iberian Middle Ages

Jesús D. Rodríguez-Velasco

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2020

Dead Voice

Law, Philosophy, and Fiction in the Iberian Middle Ages

Jesús D. Rodríguez-Velasco

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812296716

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About this book

In Dead Voice, Jesús R. Velasco explores how the thirteenth-century law code known as Siete Partidas introduced canon and ecclesiastical law in the vernacular for explicitly secular purposes and embraced intellectual disciplines and fictional techniques that normally lie outside legal science.

Author / Editor information

Jesus R. Velasco has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, and Yale University, and is author of Order and Chivalry: Knighthood and Citizenship in Late Medieval Castile, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"In his sophisticated literary treatment of the Siete Partidas, Jesús R. Velasco shifts the disciplinary frame away from legal history in a move that will be welcomed by scholars interested in medieval law and sovereignty."—Karl Shoemaker, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Bringing together a multitude of discourses with subtlety and deftness, Jesús R. Velasco undertakes a rare interpretation of the Siete Partidas and offers far-reaching and compelling conclusions."—Simone Pinet, Cornell University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Dead Voice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Two. Vernacular Jurisdiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Three. Revenant Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Four. Legislating Friendship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Five. Sensitive Souls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: History; Law; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: December 20, 2019
ISBN: 9780812296716