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Droit médiéval --- Law [Medieval ] --- Medieval law --- Middeleeuws recht --- Recht [Middeleeuws ] --- Law, Medieval. --- Usury laws --- History. --- Great Britain --- History
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Women prisoners --- Women --- Femmes --- Prisonnières --- History --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Women prisoners - Great Britain - History --- Women - Great Britain - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Women - Great Britain - Social conditions --- Femmes - Grande-Bretagne - Conditions sociales --- Prisonnières - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire --- Great Britain - History - Medieval period, 1066-1485 --- Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 1066-1485 (Moyen Age)
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This book examines the view of women held by medieval common lawyers and legislators, and considers medieval women’s treatment by and participation in the processes of the common law. Surveying a wide range of points of contact between women and the common law, from their appearance (or not) in statutes, through their participation (or not) as witnesses, to their treatment as complainants or defendants, it argues for closer consideration of women within the standard narratives of classical legal history, and for re-examination of some previous conclusions on the relationship between women and the common law. It will appeal to scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in legal history, gender studies and the history of women.
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This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. It examines situations in which women might be imprisoned without formal accusation of trial; how social status, national allegiance and stage of life affected the chances of imprisonment; the relevant legal rules and norms; the extent to which legal and constitutional developments in medieval England affected women's
Women prisoners --- Women --- History. --- History --- Social conditions. --- Great Britain
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