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02956aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 39061C380CF611EA99B9112E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191122010114 008 180924t20192019enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781526136336 020 $a 1526136333 035 $a (OCoLC)1053903136 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d ERASA $d EUM $d OCLCO $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a KF478 $b .M66 2019 100 1 $a Moore, Lindsay R., $e author. 245 10 $a Women before the court : $b law and patriarchy in the Anglo-American world, 1600-1800 / $c Lindsay R. Moore. 264 1 $a Manchester : $b Manchester University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a viii, 175 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Gender in history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a This book offers 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. 505 0 $a Introduction: 'When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse' Part I 1 The varieties of Anglo-American law: property, patriarchy, and women's legal status in England and America 2 Women as plaintiffs and defendants: the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions Part II 3 Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves: patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household 4 Wives and (unwed) mothers: women's claims for financial support 5 Inheritance and family feuds: the legal power of elite women Part III 6 Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchy Index -- . 650 0 $a Women $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176824 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Rechtsstellung $2 gnd 650 7 $a Frau $2 gnd 650 7 $a Patriarchat $2 gnd 650 7 $a Recht $2 gnd 651 7 $a Gro©britannien $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Gender in history. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220802022043.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013304.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=39061C380CF611EA99B9112E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search