Medieval Women and Urban Justice - Commerce, Crime and Community in England, 1300-1500 (Paperback)

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 experiences of hundreds of women within the systems of local justice. Through comparison of the records of three towns, and of women's roles in different types of legal action, the book reveals the complex ways in which individual women's legal status could vary according to their marital status, different types of plea and the town that they lived in. At this lowest level of medieval law, women's status was malleable, making each woman's experience of justice unique. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender in History
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2020
Authors:	Teresa Phipps (Research Assistant)
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-7179-5
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-5261-7179-1
Barcode:	9781526171795

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