Medieval Women and Urban Justice: Commerce, Crime and Community in England, 1300-1500 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526134592)

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.

Author: Teresa Phipps
ISBN-10: 1526134594
ISBN-13: 9781526134592
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2020
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2021