Law as performance theatricality, spectatorship, and the making of law in ancient, medieval, and early modern Europe / Julie Stone Peters.
| Author/creator | Peters, Julie Stone |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022. |
| Description | xiv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Law and literature |
| Contents | Introduction -- Theatre, Theatrocracy, and the Politics of Pathos in the Athenian Lawcourt -- The Roman Advocate as Actor : Actio, Pronuntiatio, Prosopopoeia, and Persuasive Empathy in Cicero and Quintilian -- Courtroom Oratory, Forensic Delivery, and the Wayward Body in Medieval Rhetorical Theory -- Irreverent Performances, Heterodox Subjects, and the Unscripted Crowd from the Medieval Courtroom to the Stocks and Scaffold -- Performing Law in the Age of Theatre (c. 1500-1650) -- Legal Performance Education in Early Modern England -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021949555 |
| ISBN | 9780192898494 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0192898493 (hardback) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |