Law and Culture in Medieval England

FAIN: EH-272420-20

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200)
Jana Kate Schulman (Project Director: February 2020 to June 2022)
Robert F. Berkhofer (Co Project Director: August 2020 to June 2022)

A four-week institute for 25 higher education faculty on law in medieval England as represented in legal, literary, and historical texts.

This institute focuses on law in medieval England (600-1300), showing how laws were embedded into medieval culture by studying literary works and historical sources. The literary and historical materials will provide contexts for and illustration of medieval thinking about right and wrong, rule and justice, and the negotiation of disputes. By analyzing law codes, literature, and documents, participants will learn how to deploy legal texts in their teaching and research.