Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction -- Falstaff's conveyances -- "Creditors and others": the purpose of 13 Eliz., c. 5 (1571) -- Carried away in Arcadia -- Purchase and consideration in Faerie queene IV and V -- Coke, collusion, and Twyne's case (1601) -- Shylock's penalty -- Conclusion |
Summary |
This book investigates the origins, impact, and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing, the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets. Focusing on the years between the passage of a key statute in 1571 and the court case that clarified the statute in 1601, Charles Ross convincingly argues that what might seem a minor matter in the law was in fact part of a widespread cultural practice. Debt was more pervasive than sex, at least in the English Common Law |
Notes |
Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2003 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2017) |
Subject |
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 -- Knowledge -- Law
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Knowledge -- Law
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SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 fast |
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 fast |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Law in literature.
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Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
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Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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Law and literature -- History -- 16th century
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Law and literature -- History -- 17th century
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Fraudulent conveyances -- Great Britain
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Early modern
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Fraudulent conveyances
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Law
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Law and literature
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Law in literature
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781351940856 |
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1351940856 |
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9781315256702 |
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1315256703 |
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