Lady Anne Clifford's Common-Law Mind.
This article argues that Lady Anne Clifford's 1616-1619 diaries, which chronicle not only her lawsuit to inherit her family lands and titles but also her daily practices, form part of Clifford's lifelong obsession with legal and extralegal ways of establishing herself as a landowner. While her recor...
| Published in: | Studies in Philology Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 521 - 547 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=109102137&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 109102137 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00393738 SPL jtl: Studies in Philology issn: 00393738 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer2014 vid: 111 iid: 3 pid: 2027 pub: University of North Carolina Press artinfo: ui: 109102137 10.1353/sip.2014.0015 ppf: 521 ppct: 26 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.2MB tig: atl: Lady Anne Clifford's Common-Law Mind. aug: au: Elsky, Stephanie affil: University of Wisconsin, Madison su: Diary (Literary form) Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676 Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- Common law Justice administration England sug: subj: England Diary (Literary form) Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676 Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- Common law Justice administration ab: This article argues that Lady Anne Clifford's 1616-1619 diaries, which chronicle not only her lawsuit to inherit her family lands and titles but also her daily practices, form part of Clifford's lifelong obsession with legal and extralegal ways of establishing herself as a landowner. While her records of frequent walking and praying "abroad," or outdoors, and of her prodigious reading may seem distinct from her famous lawsuit, they possess a genealogical significance that signals her profound connection to her property. Clifford's archives reveal her extensive knowledge of English common law, the legal system that backed her claims. Her enduring engagement with English common law influences the generic form of the diaries, with their repetitive documentation of her land-based practices. Just as common law garnered authority and meaning through its status as "custom," Clifford's diaries express the hope that her own customs would one day obtain the force of law. In this way, Clifford's diaries evince a unique instance of what J. G. A. Pocock has called "the common-law mind." pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Studies in Philology is the property of University of North Carolina Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Studies in Philology holder: University of North Carolina Press dt: @attributes: year: 2014 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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