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Thelma Fenster and Daniel Lord Smail, eds.
Fama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe.
Published Ithaca: Cornell U.P., 2003.
ISBN 0801488575;
ISBN-13: 9780801488573.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 154x233x15mm.
Page count: vii,227pp inc. 18 monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some noticeable patterned indenting on its front cover; pages a bit yellowed with age; in other respects looks in reasonable order, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.50
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[Publisher’s price $22.95]
Weight without packaging: 364g.

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Contents:
Wickham, Fama & the law in 12th‑c. Tuscany;
Kuehn, Fama as a legal status in renaissance Florence;
Caviness & Nelson, Silent witnesses, absent women, & the law courts in medieval Germany;
Akehurst, Good name, reputation, & notoriety in French customary law;
Bowman, Infamy & proof in medieval Spain;
Walters, Fama & memory in Christine de Pizan's "Charles V" & "L’Advision Cristine";
Bardsley, Sin, speech & scolding in late medieval England;
Horvath, Fama in the Middle English "Sir Launfal" & "Athelston";
Craun, Fama & pastoral constraints on rebuking sinners — Margery Kempe.

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