Topic > Coutumes De Beauvaisis by Glanvill and Beaumanior: The…

For example, as Ada Maria writes, “early authors seem to have experimented with how to do this, and the resulting works show some variety. " This is reinforced in Glanvill, as he stated that writing down all the laws may be impossible “both because of the ignorance of the scribes and because of the confusing multiplicity of those same laws and rules.” Furthermore, Mary writes that the judges who they had the authority to administer justice defined customs and decision-making This leads to the question of whether these literary texts were actually applied in court, especially since there was always the possibility that they were interpreted largely on the basis of authority. of the judge. Since legal literature serves as a guide, written by those who have judicial functions, it can be concluded that both Glanvill and Beaumanior's literary texts provide a faithful reflection of actual legal practice and the customs of the kingdom operate in juridical reality