... lowe a debt of thanks to Professor Michael Bennett and Dr Megan Cassidy-Welch for their super... more ... lowe a debt of thanks to Professor Michael Bennett and Dr Megan Cassidy-Welch for their supervision of my MA thesis, from which the present article derives. Any shortcomings in what follows are, however, entirely my own. ... 36-39; PC Olver, 'Tudor Royal Progress' (unpub. ...
Taking a chiefly quantitative approach to Jewish women's litigation at the Exchequer of the J... more Taking a chiefly quantitative approach to Jewish women's litigation at the Exchequer of the Jews between in the period 1219–81, this article represents the first exploration of Jewish women before the law in medieval England. It contends that, far from enjoying a level of ‘legal sexual equality’ not available to Christian women, Anglo-Jewish women at the Exchequer of the Jews in fact shared many of their experiences of (secular) law and justice with their Christian counterparts. This contention is possible in part because of the greater interest, over the last decade, in pre-modern European women's litigation and the realisation that Christian women of all classes were able to navigate their way around judicial systems in ways that confounded any theoretical legal disadvantages they may have faced. The article variously examines the number of Jewish women litigating at the Exchequer of the Jews, their roles in court and representation in the records, and the types of litigat...
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... lowe a debt of thanks to Professor Michael Bennett and Dr Megan Cassidy-Welch for their super... more ... lowe a debt of thanks to Professor Michael Bennett and Dr Megan Cassidy-Welch for their supervision of my MA thesis, from which the present article derives. Any shortcomings in what follows are, however, entirely my own. ... 36-39; PC Olver, 'Tudor Royal Progress' (unpub. ...
Taking a chiefly quantitative approach to Jewish women's litigation at the Exchequer of the J... more Taking a chiefly quantitative approach to Jewish women's litigation at the Exchequer of the Jews between in the period 1219–81, this article represents the first exploration of Jewish women before the law in medieval England. It contends that, far from enjoying a level of ‘legal sexual equality’ not available to Christian women, Anglo-Jewish women at the Exchequer of the Jews in fact shared many of their experiences of (secular) law and justice with their Christian counterparts. This contention is possible in part because of the greater interest, over the last decade, in pre-modern European women's litigation and the realisation that Christian women of all classes were able to navigate their way around judicial systems in ways that confounded any theoretical legal disadvantages they may have faced. The article variously examines the number of Jewish women litigating at the Exchequer of the Jews, their roles in court and representation in the records, and the types of litigat...
This item is brought to you by Swansea University. Any person downloading material is agreeing to... more This item is brought to you by Swansea University. Any person downloading material is agreeing to abide by the terms of the repository licence. Copies of full text items may be used or reproduced in any format or medium, without prior permission for personal research or study, educational or non-commercial purposes only. The copyright for any work remains with the original author unless otherwise specified. The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holder.
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