Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Reading Law 1
4. PART I. Imagined Landscapes
5. Chapter 1. Britain and Wales 29
6. Chapter 2. Court and Country 56
7. Part II. Body and Bawdy
8. Chapter 3. Bodies and Nobodies 91
9. Chapter 4. Humor and the Household 128
10. Chapter 5. Sex and Marriage 149
11. Part III. Violence
12. Chapter 6. Dogs in the Nighttime 183
13. Conclusion. Law and the Imagination 212
14. Abbreviations 225
15. Notes 229
16. Bibliography 285
17. Index 317
18. Acknowledgments 333