Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART 1. FAMAAND THE LAW
6. 1. Fama and the Law in Twelfth-Century Tuscany 15
7. 2. Fama as a Legal Status in Renaissance Florence 27
8. 3. Silent Witnesses, Absent Women, and the Law Courts in Medieval Germany 47
9. PART 2. FAMA AND REPUTATION
10. 4. Good Name, Reputation, and Notoriety in French Customary Law 75
11. 5. Infamy and Proof in Medieval Spain 95
12. 6. Constructing Reputations: Fama and Memory in Christine de Pizan's Charles Vand L'Advision Cristine 118
13. PART 3. FAMA AND SPEECH
14. 7. Sin, Speech, and Scolding in Late Medieval England 145
15. 8. Romancing the Word: Fama in the Middle English Sir Launfal and Athelston 165
16. 9. Fama and Pastoral Constraints on Rebuking Sinners: The Book of Margery Kempe 187
17. Conclusion 210
18. Selected Bibliography 215
19. Contributors 219
20. Index 223