'My Testament in Englisshe Tonge' : a study in the use of the vernacular in medieval wills
This thesis surveys the gradual emergence and development of the English testament from the earliest surviving examples until 1499. The introductory section of this interdisciplinary study examines the religious and legal origins of the first vernacular dispositive acts, the oral roots of the testam...
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University of Birmingham
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519924 |