17thc Canon Law About Marriage in Measure for Measure

Alternative title

Episode 276

Synopsis

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Cynthia Greenwood, author of How Measure for Measure’s Bawdy Court Ethos Puts the Canon Law Revisions of 1604 on Trial, discusses the differences in canon and civil law that saw marriages such as that in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure being tried in the ecclesiastical courts (aka the ‘bawdy courts’).

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Audio

Subjects

History; Law; Shakespeare

Keywords

marriage

Online availability

URI

https://www.cassidycash.com/canon-law-ep-276-cynthia-greenwood/

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Cast

Cassidy Cash

Host

Production Company

Name

www.cassidycash.com

Email

cassidy@cassidycash.com

Web

https://www.cassidycash.com/ External site opens in new window

Notes

Also video blogs as The Shakespeare Girl via her own dedicate YouTube channel.