The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Will in a New Light

by Joyce Rogers

Joyce Rogers sheds new light upon Shakespeare's last public words through her study of medieval and Renaissance ecclesiastical and testamentary laws and custom. Professor Rogers provides extensive background material on English legal history and shows that the legal documents of the time do give legal answer to the doubts and speculations that have grown up around Shakespeare's will. She shows how the will is replete with elements of civil and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288313
• ISBN13: 9780313288319
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"