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
- Transmission details
- 31 Jul 2023
- Duration
- 28 mins
Credits
- Cast
Cassidy Cash Host
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Measure for Measure
- Subjects
- History; Law; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- marriage
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://www.cassidycash.com/canon-law-ep-276-cynthia-greenwood/
- Online format
- Streamed/Download
Production Company
- Name
www.cassidycash.com
- 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.
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "17thc Canon Law About Marriage in Measure for Measure". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80253 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)