Women and the Law in Britain and Ireland, 1300-1500
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea Univ.
Organizer Name
Sparky Booker
Organizer Affiliation
Swansea Univ.
Presider Name
Liz Herbert McAvoy
Presider Affiliation
Swansea Univ.
Paper Title 1
Catching Fire: Female Arsonists and Formal Justice in Late Medieval Scotland
Presenter 1 Name
Chelsea Hartlen
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Guelph
Paper Title 2
A Witch's Defense: Women's Rights and Conflicts between Canon and Common Law in the Kilkenny Witch Trial of 1324
Presenter 2 Name
Maeve B. Callan
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Simpson College
Paper Title 3
"She wept and felt great sorrow": Marital Disputes in the Ecclesiastical Courts of Late Medieval Ireland
Presenter 3 Name
Sparky Booker
Paper Title 4
"Lamentably Compleyneth": Female Petitioners and the Quest for Justice in Late Medieval Wales
Presenter 4 Name
Deborah Youngs
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Swansea Univ.
Start Date
15-5-2016 10:30 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1155
Description
Our panel brings together scholars from gender and legal historical backgrounds to explore women's access to legal redress in late medieval Britain and Ireland. It focuses particularly on the experiences of women from geographic peripheries, and addresses a number of important questions: how did societal expectations of women influence their legal outcomes; how did different legal frameworks, particularly canon and common law, interact with one another in disputes that involved women; and finally, what legal strategies did women use in these different courts in order to achieve their desired aims.
Women and the Law in Britain and Ireland, 1300-1500
Schneider 1155
Our panel brings together scholars from gender and legal historical backgrounds to explore women's access to legal redress in late medieval Britain and Ireland. It focuses particularly on the experiences of women from geographic peripheries, and addresses a number of important questions: how did societal expectations of women influence their legal outcomes; how did different legal frameworks, particularly canon and common law, interact with one another in disputes that involved women; and finally, what legal strategies did women use in these different courts in order to achieve their desired aims.