Women before the court : law and patriarchy in the Anglo-American world, 1600-1800 / Lindsay R. Moore.
2019
KF478 .M66 2019 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Women before the court : law and patriarchy in the Anglo-American world, 1600-1800 / Lindsay R. Moore.
Imprint
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
viii, 175 pages ; 23 cm.
Series
Gender in history.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: 'When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse'
Part I. The courts and the law. The varieties of Anglo-American law: property, patriarchy, and women's legal status in England and America
Women as plaintiffs and defendants: the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions
Part II. The family and society. Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves: patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household
Wives and (unwed) mothers: women's claims for financial support
Inheritance and family feuds: the legal power of elite women
Part III. The economy and equity. Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchy.
Part I. The courts and the law. The varieties of Anglo-American law: property, patriarchy, and women's legal status in England and America
Women as plaintiffs and defendants: the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions
Part II. The family and society. Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves: patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household
Wives and (unwed) mothers: women's claims for financial support
Inheritance and family feuds: the legal power of elite women
Part III. The economy and equity. Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchy.
Summary
This book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women's legal rights during a formative period of Anglo-American history. It traces how colonists transplanted English legal institutions to America, examines the remarkable depth of women's legal knowledge and shows how the law increasingly undermined patriarchal relationships between parents and children, masters and servants, husbands and wives. The book will be of interest to scholars of Britain and colonial America, and to laypeople interested in how women in the past navigated and negotiated the structures of authority that governed them. It is packed with fascinating stories that women related to the courts in cases ranging from murder and abuse to debt and estate litigation. Ultimately, it makes a remarkable contribution to our understandings of law, power and gender in the early modern world.
Note
This book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women's legal rights during a formative period of Anglo-American history. It traces how colonists transplanted English legal institutions to America, examines the remarkable depth of women's legal knowledge and shows how the law increasingly undermined patriarchal relationships between parents and children, masters and servants, husbands and wives. The book will be of interest to scholars of Britain and colonial America, and to laypeople interested in how women in the past navigated and negotiated the structures of authority that governed them. It is packed with fascinating stories that women related to the courts in cases ranging from murder and abuse to debt and estate litigation. Ultimately, it makes a remarkable contribution to our understandings of law, power and gender in the early modern world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KF478 .M66 2019
Language
English
ISBN
1526136333 hardcover
9781526136336 hardcover
9781526136336 hardcover
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