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Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England

Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

General Law

ISBN10: 0521023254
ISBN13: 9780521023252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 24 2005
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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