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- Title
Translating the Law in the Inns of Court Play Gismond of Salerne (1566–68).
- Authors
Equestri, Alice
- Abstract
Gismond of Salerne (1566–68) was a dramatic adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Tancredi and Ghismunda novella produced at the Inner Temple. Positing that the legal background of the authors was reflected in their reception of Boccaccio, this essay investigates the representation and use of various significations of the law in the play. It argues that the Inns authors were receptive to the presence of the Natural Law concept in the background of Boccaccio's novella and that they intensified its role in the play, emphasizing its conflict with man-made law. The latter is also investigated in its own right, showing its impact on a thematic, rhetorical, and dramaturgical level. Further, the Inns writers' political interests as members of a community revolving around common law explain why the play idealizes and justifies specific legal notions and practices.
- Subjects
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni, 1313-1375; NATURAL law; COMMON law; RENAISSANCE; PRACTICAL politics; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Studies in Philology, 2023, Vol 120, Issue 3, p458
- ISSN
0039-3738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sip.2023.a903803