Women Before the Court - Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600-1800

Informationen zum Autor Lindsay R. Moore teaches European and World History at University of Missouri-Kansas City Klappentext This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire. It shows how the expansion of women's legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermined patriarchal relationships within the household. Zusammenfassung This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire. It shows how the expansion of women’s legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermined patriarchal relationships within the household. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 'When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse' Part I 1 The varieties of Anglo-American law: property, patriarchy, and women's legal status in England and America2 Women as plaintiffs and defendants: the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions Part II 3 Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves: patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household4 Wives and (unwed) mothers: women's claims for financial support5 Inheritance and family feuds: the legal power of elite women Part III 6 Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchyIndex

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• Authors: Lindsay Moore, Lindsay (Lecturer in the Social Sciences Di Moore, Lindsay (Lecturer in the Social Sciences Division of the College of General Studies at Boston University) Moore, Lindsay R Moore, Lindsay R. Moore
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781526136336
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3633-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Gender in History; Gender in History; Gender in History Mup
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries