"[S]he never ought to hym any peny therof": Debt, Dispute, and the Marketplace in the Early Sixteenth-Century Courts of Chancery and Star Chamber
Language used before late medieval English equity courts can reveal social and cultural norms. The protracted legal battle of maligned rights, injury, unsettled debts, and stolen goods at the heart of this article illustrates the legal pluralism and gender-neutral claims to helplessness common at th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2022
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 1021-1043 |
RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles NBE Anthropology XA Law |
Further subjects: | B
Legal pluralism
B Lawyers B Equity pleading & procedure B Complaints & complaining B Legal self-representation |