Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part I Legal Contexts
- Part II Literary Texts
- 7 Treason
- 8 Complaint Literature
- 9 Political Literature and Political Law
- 10 William Langland
- 11 Geoffrey Chaucer
- 12 John Gower
- 13 Lollards and Religious Writings
- 14 Lancastrian Literature
- 15 Middle English Romance and Malory’s Morte Darthur
- 16 Marriage and the Legal Culture of Witnessing
- Index
- References
15 - Middle English Romance and Malory’s Morte Darthur
from Part II - Literary Texts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2019
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part I Legal Contexts
- Part II Literary Texts
- 7 Treason
- 8 Complaint Literature
- 9 Political Literature and Political Law
- 10 William Langland
- 11 Geoffrey Chaucer
- 12 John Gower
- 13 Lollards and Religious Writings
- 14 Lancastrian Literature
- 15 Middle English Romance and Malory’s Morte Darthur
- 16 Marriage and the Legal Culture of Witnessing
- Index
- References
Summary
It was a king bi are dawes [former days]
That in his time were gode lawes
He dede maken and ful wel holden.
(Havelok the Dane, 27–9)- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature , pp. 188 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019