Women and Crime in the Fourteenth Century

Sponsoring Organization(s)

14th Century Society

Organizer Name

Aleksandra Pfau

Organizer Affiliation

Hendrix College

Presider Name

Elizabeth Papp Kamali

Presider Affiliation

Harvard Law School

Paper Title 1

Literature and Legality in the Old French Marian Miracle Tale

Presenter 1 Name

Karen Casey Casebier

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Paper Title 2

She's a Fraud: Women's Role in Forgery

Presenter 2 Name

Jolanta N. Komornicka

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. Jerome's Univ., Univ. of Waterloo

Paper Title 3

Rumor and Crime: Women's Reputations in Fourteenth-Century France

Presenter 3 Name

Aleksandra Pfau

Start Date

13-5-2018 10:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 211

Description

Women are often underrepresented in records of crime, and therefore in histories of crime. The fourteenth century sees a flourishing of documentation about crime, including many involving women as perpetrators or victims. In all cases, women were also among the family members of those involved in criminal cases. Women could occasionally play a role as a juror, for example in determing whether a convicted felon was pregnant. This session invites papers with a variety of approaches to the question of women and crime in the fourteenth century.

Debra A. Salata