Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521023252)

This book examines gender relations in Shakespeare's England by looking at women's involvement in lawsuits in the largest courts in the land. It describes women's rights in theory and in practice, considers depictions of women in court scenes in plays, and analyzes the language and tactics women and their lawyers employed in pleadings. The book also reveals how many women went to law, how active they were, the discrimination they suffered, and the importance of the life cycle of marriage in determining their legal fortunes.

Author: Tim Stretton,Stretton Tim
ISBN-10: 0521023254
ISBN-13: 9780521023252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/24/2005
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d