Law, Literature, and Social Regulation in Early Medieval England: Anglo-Saxon Studies

Edited by Anya Adair and Andrew Rabin

Introduction: Law as Literature/Literature as Law Andrew Rabin and Anya Adair Part I. Law and Literature: Normative Alliances 1. The Alfredian Prose Psalms and a Legal English Identity Jay Paul Gates 2. Cynescipe, Bishop Æthelwold, and the Spread of Legal Language Arendse Lund 3. Traces and Supplements: Literary Prose in Sawyer 404 Scott T. Smith 4. The Curious Incident of the Monster in the Night-Time: Circumstantial Evidence in Law and Poetry Anya Adair 5. Uncertain Judgment: The Ordeal in Hagiography and Law Andrew Rabin Part II. Literature and Law: Normative Renewals 6. The Historical and Literary Context of the Legatine Capitulary of 786 in England and Abroad Kristen Carella 7. Liturgy as Law: Coronation Ordines in Tenth-Century England Nicole Marafioti 8. The Passive Ealdorman? Juxtaposing the later Old English Law Codes and the 'Dispute Narratives' Mary Elizabeth Blanchard 9. Royal Reeves, Royal Authority, and the 'Holy Society' in Archbishop Wulfstan's Writings Chelsea Shields-Más 10. Laying Down the Law? Bishop Headda's Visit to Saint Guthlac Stefan Jurasinski 11. The Terms of Hypocrisy in Early English Law and Literature: Ælfric and Wulfstan Sherif Abdelkarim