Law Inscribed

The Restoration Framing of Charles I’s Trial

Two printed trials highlight the importance of Charles I’s trial to the ongoing political disputes of the Restoration, from his son’s ascension to the throne to religious and political conspiracies.

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Curator

Shannon Pickrell

Shannon Pickrell is a fourth-year history major at the University of Virginia.

Exhibition

Law Inscribed

Legal texts carry the marks of their past, from the inscriptions of a reader to the stitched bindings and chain-lined paper of a printer. These marks of ownership and construction reveal what law was, how it was read, and how it worked. Curated by students from across UVA, this exhibit brings together inscribed legal texts from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, selected from the Law Library’s Special Collections and the Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library. We invite you to explore the work of Law Inscribed, here and online.

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