Medieval women and urban justice : commerce, crime and community in England, 1300-1500 /
This book provides a detailed analysis of women's involvement in litigation and other legal actions within their local communities in late-medieval England. It draws upon the rich records of three English towns - Nottingham, Chester and Winchester - and their courts to bring to life the experie...
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| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
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Manchester, UK :
Manchester University Press,
2020.
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| মালা: | Gender in history.
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21996220 |
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- Introduction
- 1. Women, town courts and customary law in context
- 2. Commerce, credit and coverture: women and debt litigation
- 3. Law and the regulation of women's work
- 4. Violence, property and 'bad speech': women and trespass litigation
- 5. Public disorder, policing and misbehaving women
- Conclusion
- Index.