Introduction: Law as Literature/Literature as Law / Andrew Rabin and Anya Adair
PART I
LAW AND LITERATURE: NORMATIVE ALLIANCES
1. The Alfredian Prose Psalms and a Legal English Identity / Jay Paul Gates
2. Cynescipe, Bishop Æthelwold, and the Spread of Legal Language / Arendse Lund
3. Traces and Supplements:Literary Prose in Sawyer 404 / Scott T. Smith
4. The Curious Incident of the Monster in the Night-Time / Anya Adair
5. Uncertain Judgment: The Ordeal in Hagiography and Law / Andrew Rabin
PART II
LITERATURE AND LAW: NORMATIVE RENEWALS
6. The Historical and Literary Context of the Legatine Capitulary of 786 in England and Abroad / Kristen Carella
7. Liturgy as Law: Coronation Ordines in Tenth-Century England / Nicole Marafioti
8. The Passive Ealdorman? Juxtaposing the Later Old English Law Codes and the "Dispute Narratives" / Mary Elizabeth Blanchard
9. Royal Reeves, Royal Authority, and the "Holy Society" in Wulfstan's Writings / Chelsea Shields-Más
10. Laying Down the Law? Bishop Headda's Visit to Saint Guthlac / Stefan Jurasinski
11. The Terms of Hypocrisy in Early English Law and Literature: Ælfric and Wulfstan / Sherif Abdelkarim.