Women, Crime, and the Courts in Early Modern England

By: Garthine Walker (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 February 1995

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Recent years have witnessed a considerable body of published research on both crime and women in the early modern period. There have been few attempts, however, to synthesize such studies and to examine in detail the relationship between the law and women's lives. This collection of seven original essays explores that relationship by examining the nature and extent of women's criminal activity and surveying the connections between women, their legal position, and their involvement in legal processes. The words, actions, and treatment of women who came before the courts as plaintiffs, defendants, and witnesses are examined here in a variety of contexts, ranging from the assertion of a variety of rights to scolding, thieving, and witchcraft. The contributors demonstrate that women were far from passive victims in a male-dominated legal system. As both breakers of the law and important agents of its enforcement, women were far more assertive than their formal legal positions would suggest. The contributors are Garthine Walker, Jenny Kermode, Laura Gowing, Martin Ingram, Jim Sharpe, Malcolm Gaskill, Geoffrey L. Hudson, and Tim Stretton.

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An exciting collection of highly readable essays on highly interesting subjects.Judith Bennett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "An exciting collection of highly readable essays on highly interesting subjects.Judith Bennett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" A fine reassessment of the impact of legal matters on women's lives."American Journal of Legal History"

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Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Sociology & Anthropology

Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Language, power, and the law: women's slander litigation in early modern London	p. 26
"Scolding women cucked or washed": crisis in gender relations in early modern England?	p. 48
Women, theft and the world of stolen goods	p. 81
Women, witchcraft and the legal process	p. 106
Witchcraft and power in early modern England: the case of Margaret Moore	p. 125
Negotiating for blood money: war widows and the courts in seventeenth-century England	p. 146
Women, custom and equity in the court of requests	p. 170
Glossary	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 193
Subject index	p. 213
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