Medieval English wardship in romance and law / Noël James Menuge.
2001
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Title
Medieval English wardship in romance and law / Noël James Menuge.
Published
Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2001.
Call Number
PR317.G83 M46 2002
ISBN
0859916324 (acid-free paper)
Description
viii, 149 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)47002255
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1
1
Wardship and the Ideological Father: Exploring
Meanings and Contexts
25
Using Gamelyn to understand Glanvill
34
2
The Matter of Inheritance: Conflicts and Resolutions
41
Historical interpretations
43
Gamelyn and the issue of waste
53
The composite heir: Gamelyn as diabolical (Johan) and as desirable (Ore)
58
3
The Ward as Outlaw: Symbolising Infancy
62
A voice crying in the wilderness
66
Heralding the dispossessed
73
4
Female Wards and Marriage: A Question of Consent
82
5
Controlling Behaviour: Mothers as Guardians
101
Afterword
128
Bibliography
131
Index
147