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Marital Litigation in the Court of Requests 1542-1642: Volume 32
Edited By Tim Strett
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Description for Marital Litigation in the Court of Requests 1542-1642: Volume 32
Hardcover. Reproduces twenty litigation suits from the 16th/17th century Court of Requests, providing rich insight into the complexities of marriage rights. Editor(s): Stretton, Tim. Series: Camden Fifth Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 46.
Common law rules made litigation between husband and wife impossible in the 16/17th century, except in ecclesiastical courts. In practice, however, a few wives and husbands sued their spouses in courts of equity. This volume reproduces twenty such suits from the Court of Requests – 'the poor man's Chancery' – during the final century of its operation. These extraordinary cases involving separated couples provide a fascinating and often surprising view of the limits of married people's rights and options at a time when divorce in the modern sense was unavailable. The court's decrees and orders show how Masters, or judges, ... Read more
Common law rules made litigation between husband and wife impossible in the 16/17th century, except in ecclesiastical courts. In practice, however, a few wives and husbands sued their spouses in courts of equity. This volume reproduces twenty such suits from the Court of Requests – 'the poor man's Chancery' – during the final century of its operation. These extraordinary cases involving separated couples provide a fascinating and often surprising view of the limits of married people's rights and options at a time when divorce in the modern sense was unavailable. The court's decrees and orders show how Masters, or judges, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Camden Fifth Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521800013
SKU
V9780521800013
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About Edited By Tim Strett
Tim Stretton holds law and history degrees from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. After spending three years as a research fellow at Clare Hall in Cambridge he taught at Durham University in England, at Waikato University in New Zealand and at Dalhousie University in Canada. He is currently Associate Professor of ... Read more
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