Women on Trial: representation of women in the courtroom in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
As is well known, women labored under severe disabilities in the Renaissance court system. It was especially difficult for married women to litigate on their own behalf. Widows litigated more frequently, often to address issues of property or inheritance. To date, little attention has been given to...
| Published in: | Women's History Review Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 37 - 61 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2012
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