Litigating Women - 9780367230289

Litigating WomenGender and Justice in Europe, c.1300-c.1800\nAuthor(s): Teresa Phipps, Deborah Youngs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367230289, 978-0367230289\nSynopsis\nThis edited collection, written by both established and new researchers, reveals the experiences of litigating women across premodern Europe and captures the current state of research in this ever-growing field.\n\nIndividually, the chapters offer an insight into the motivations and strategies of women who engaged in legal action in a wide range of courts, from local rural and urban courts, to ecclesiastical courts and the highest jurisdictions of crown and parliament. Collectively, the focus on individual women litigants rather than how women were defined by legal systems highlights continuities in their experiences of justice, while also demonstrating the unique and intersecting factors that influenced each womans negotiation of the courts.