Fictions of Evidence: Witnessing, Literature, and Community in the Late Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Taylor, Jamie K.

Title
Fictions of Evidence: Witnessing, Literature, and Community in the Late Middle Ages

Published
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2013.

Physical Description
x, 221 pp.

Description
Focuses on devotional and legal "witnessing practices" of the late Middle Ages. Chapter 2, "The Face of a Saint and the Seal of a King," reveals how the Man of Law presents "episodes of false witness" in MLT.

Alternative Title
"The Face of a Saint and the Seal of a King."

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale