{"product_id":"women-before-the-court-law-and-patriarchy-in-the-anglo-american-world-1600-1800-9781526151711","title":"Women Before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen before the court\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eoffers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women’s legal rights during a formative period of Anglo–American history. It traces how colonists transplanted English legal institutions to America, examines the remarkable depth of women’s legal knowledge and shows how the law increasingly undermined patriarchal relationships between parents and children, masters and servants, husbands and wives. The book will be of interest to scholars of Britain and colonial America, and to laypeople interested in how women in the past navigated and negotiated the structures of authority that governed them. It is packed with fascinating stories that women related to the courts in cases ranging from murder and abuse to debt and estate litigation. Ultimately, it makes a remarkable contribution to our understandings of law, power and gender in the early modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'this book skilfully ties together the varied experiences of women living and litigating in England and North America across the early modern period. The book will be of interest to historians of women and legal history in Britain and the Atlantic, and should be commended for bringing together scholars who are prone to focus on particular countries or jurisdictions as case studies.'\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Mason, \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWomen before the Court \u003c\/i\u003eoffers much to scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. [...] This book may be\u003cbr\u003econsidered required reading for scholars of women, family, property, commerce, and law in seventeenth-\u003cbr\u003eand eighteenth-century Anglo-America. It also provides a valuable comparative overview for scholars working on the same topics in other countries and regions. For its brevity, helpful exposition of many legal complexities, long time frame, and comparative structure, \u003ci\u003eWomen before the Court\u003c\/i\u003e could also make an excellent choice as a classroom text.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The varieties of Anglo-American law: property, patriarchy, and women’s legal status in England and America\u003cbr\u003e2 Women as plaintiffs and defendants: the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves: patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household\u003cbr\u003e4 Wives and (unwed) mothers: women’s claims for financial support\u003cbr\u003e5 Inheritance and family feuds: the legal power of elite women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchy\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041017004375,"sku":"9781526151711","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526151711.jpg?v=1750948612","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-before-the-court-law-and-patriarchy-in-the-anglo-american-world-1600-1800-9781526151711","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}