This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. It examines situations in which women might be imprisoned without formal accusation of trial; how social status, national allegiance and stage of life affected the chances of imprisonment; the relevant legal rules and norms; the extent to which legal and constitutional developments in medieval England affected women's…mehr
This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. It examines situations in which women might be imprisoned without formal accusation of trial; how social status, national allegiance and stage of life affected the chances of imprisonment; the relevant legal rules and norms; the extent to which legal and constitutional developments in medieval England affected women's amenability to confinement; and how women were involved in situations of non-judicial imprisonment, aside from themselves being prisoners.
Gwen Seabourne is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, University of Bristol, UK. She specialises in medieval legal history, and has written on medieval crime, economic regulation and medieval women.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I By Royal Power and Command: Maidens (and Other Women) in Towers Chapter 1 Confinement of Women in War and Armed Conflict Chapter 2 Other Species of 'Garde': Royal Wardship and 'Idiocy' Guardianship Chapter 3 'A Dreary and Solitary Place' or 'Honourable Captivity'? Part II Wrongful Imprisonment and Abduction: Legal Responses and their Limits Chapter 4 'Countless Ravishments of Women'? Legislation and Other Royal Initiatives Chapter 5 Common Law Chapter 6 Escaping the Confines of the Common Law Chapter 7 'Not Averse to the Arrangement'? Allegations of Collusion and Consent Part III Other Roles Chapter 8 Agency and Contagion: Further Aspects of Women's Participation conclusion Conclusion
Introduction Part I By Royal Power and Command: Maidens (and Other Women) in Towers Chapter 1 Confinement of Women in War and Armed Conflict Chapter 2 Other Species of 'Garde': Royal Wardship and 'Idiocy' Guardianship Chapter 3 'A Dreary and Solitary Place' or 'Honourable Captivity'? Part II Wrongful Imprisonment and Abduction: Legal Responses and their Limits Chapter 4 'Countless Ravishments of Women'? Legislation and Other Royal Initiatives Chapter 5 Common Law Chapter 6 Escaping the Confines of the Common Law Chapter 7 'Not Averse to the Arrangement'? Allegations of Collusion and Consent Part III Other Roles Chapter 8 Agency and Contagion: Further Aspects of Women's Participation conclusion Conclusion
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