Star Chamber matters : an early modern court and its records /

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"An extraordinary court with late medieval roots in the activities of the king's council, Star Chamber came into its own over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, before being abolished in 1641 by members of parliament for what they deemed egregious abuses of royal power. Before...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: University of London. Institute of Historical Research (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Kesselring, K. J. (Krista J.) (Editor), Mears, Natalie (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of London Press, Institute of Historical Research, 2021.
Series:IHR conference series
Subjects:
England. > Court of Star Chamber.
England and Wales. > Court of Star Chamber.
1500-1699
Law > England > History > 16th century.
Law > England > History > 17th century.
Legal history.
Law.
Law > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Law > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1509-1547 (Henri VIII)
Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Tudor Britain
legal history
courts
medieval marriage
medieval women
rape
consent
medieval libel
Sir Edward Coke
medieval judge
Jacobean law
popular legalism
marine insurance
fraud
London history
Westminster
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Star Chamber matters / K.J. Kesselring with Natalie Mears
  • The records of the court of Star Chamber at The National Archives and elsewhere / Daniel Gosling Reading ravishment : gender and 'will' power in early Tudor Star Chamber, 1500-50 / Deborah Youngs
  • Sir Edward Coke and the Star Chamber : the prosecution of rapes Snargate, 1598-1602 / Louis A. Knafla
  • 'By reason of her sex and widowhood' : an early modern Welsh gentlewoman in the court of Star Chamber / Sadie Jarrett
  • Consent and coercion, force and fraud : marriages in Star Chamber / K.J. Kesselring
  • Labourers, legal aid and the limits of popular legalism in Star Chamber / Hillary Taylor
  • Jacobean Star Chamber records and the performance of provincial libel / Clare Egan
  • A marine insurance fraud in the Star Chamber / Emily Kadens
  • Star Chamber and the bullion trade, 1618-20 / Simon Healy
  • Contemporary knowledge of the Star Chamber and the abolition of the court / Ian Williams.

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