Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England - Tim Stretton - Paperback Bog - Cambridge University Press - 2005 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
This book examines gender relations in Shakespeare's England by looking at women's involvement in lawsuits in the largest courts in the land. It describes women's rights in theory and in practice, considers depictions of women in court scenes in plays, and analyses the language and tactics used by women lawyers employed in pleadings.
