Women, crime and the courts in early modern England
A study of women's criminal activity and how the English legal system and society perceived them between 1560 and 1750.
History
viii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
9781857281408, 9781857281415, 1857281403, 1857281411
32699830
Introduction / Garthine Walker & Jenny Kermode
Language, power, and the law : women's slander litigation in early modern London / Laura Gowing
"Scolding women cucked or washed" : a crisis in gender relations in early modern England? / Martin Ingram
Women, theft and the world of stolen goods / Garthrine Walker
Women, witchcraft and the legal process / Jim Sharpe
Witchcraft and power in early modern England : the case of Margaret Moore / Malcolm Gaskill
Negotiating for blood money : war widows and the courts in seventeenth-century England / Geoffrey L. Hudson
Women, custom and equity in the court of requests / Tim Stretton