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Noël James Menuge.
Medieval English Wardship in Romance and Law.
Published Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2001.
ISBN 0859916324;
ISBN-13: 9780859916325.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; published without a dustjacket.
Size: 159×240×14mm.
Page count: viii,149pp.
Main language: English.
Unused bargain: these copies were not supplied shrink-wrapped, so may show some evidence of long-term storage, the usual mild scuffs & marks etc.

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[Publisher’s price £50.00/$75.00]
Weight without packaging: 436g.

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Studies of wardship in medieval England have so far only seriously concentrated on legal concerns, thus overlooking the intricacies and subtleties of wardship discourse as they are revealed in romance literature. Menuge explores how wardship literature in romance may be used in studies of wardship, and how it may complement an understanding of legal history. Wardship discourse is examined in a variety of sources — legal treatises, cases, and romance — and is discussed in the light of medieval and current perceptions of wardship. Questions are raised as to why and how wards, guardians, lords and families are constructed in the sources, and how these may be read as ‘narrative fictions’ to tell us more about wardship construction and perception in author and audience alike. The issues addressed are those to do with inheritance, waste, legal age, marriage and guardianship care, while the dominant theme is the importance of the father and his legacy to the ward within this discourse.

Contents: Wardship & the ideological father — meanings & contexts — using Gamelyn to understand Glanvill; Inheritance — conflicts & resolutions; Historical interpretations — Gamelyn & the issue of waste; Gamelyn as diabolical & as desirable; Ward as outlaw — symbolising infancy; Females wards & marriage — question of consent; Controlling behaviour — mothers as guardians.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Translations: Middle English quoted in the original without translation; other languages quoted in English translation
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 16pp
Index: yes

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