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Explore the intersection of law and culture in English Law and The Renaissance by Frederic William Maitland. This insightful work delves into how the Renaissanc

Custom, Common Law, and the Constitution of English Renaissance Literature argues that, ironically, custom was a supremely generative literary force for a range

Robert Palmer's pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing th

Natural law, whether grounded in human reason or divine edict, encourages men to follow virtue and shun vice. The concept dominated Renaissance thought, where i

Our present system of criminal prosecution originated in England in the sixteenth century. Langbein traces its development, which was at its most intense during