This edited collection, written by both established and new
researchers, reveals the experiences of litigating women across
premodern Europe and captures the current state of research in this
ever-growing field. Individually, the chapters offer an insight
into the motivations and strategies of women who engaged in legal
action in a wide range of courts, from local rural and urban
courts, to ecclesiastical courts and the highest jurisdictions of
crown and parliament. Collectively, the focus on individual women
litigants - rather than how women were defined by legal systems -
highlights continuities in their experiences of justice, while also
demonstrating the unique and intersecting factors that influenced
each woman's negotiation of the courts. Spanning a broad chronology
and a wide range of contexts, these studies also offer a valuable
insight into the practices and priorities of the many courts under
discussion that goes beyond our focus on women litigants. Drawing
on archival research from England, Scotland, Ireland, France, the
Low Countries, Central and Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia,
Litigating Women is the perfect resource for students and scholars
interested in legal studies and gender in medieval and early modern
Europe.
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