50 research outputs found
Women, memory and testimony in the medieval ecclesiastical courts of Canterbury and York
No full textThe interaction of women with the legal system of England and Wales is a neglected topic of late medieval and early modern historiography. Based on close readings of both public and private documents – court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets – this collection of essays presents the largely untold story of non-elite women and their dealings with the law
The Hospitallers, lordship and the Peasants' Revolt
No full textBronach Kane emphasizes the value of shared historiographies of manorial society and religious orders, building on Helen’s work on the Hospitallers in the “Peasants’ Revolt” (1381) and on Military Order estates. In exploring how local laity experienced and sometimes resisted Hospitaller lordship, Kane highlights the Order’s protection of its rights and privileges. Aspects of the lordship considered include rent, services, usage rights, responses to theft and criminal damage, custom, advowsons, tithes and taxes. The Order was associated with mercy and protection, although a sense of social hierarchy could fuel resentment. During the Revolt, the Order was not exempt from attacks. The wider laity could view them as over-powerful, even if their tenants did not greatly object to their lordship. Association with government led to the execution of the prior, Robert Hales, destruction of documents and the sack of Clerkenwell, but wider anti-Hospitaller violence was linked to local grievances, rumour, financial demands and desire for improved conditions. The memory of rebellion influenced actions on Hospitaller holdings for decades. However, levels of local anger varied
Women, agency and the law, 1300-1700
No full textEdited by Bronach Kane and Fiona Williamson. The interaction of women with the legal system of England and Wales is a neglected topic of late medieval and early modern historiography. Based on close readings of both public and private documents – court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets – this collection of essays presents the largely untold story of non-elite women and their dealings with the law
Charles Taylor on recognition, inclusive secularism and religion
No full textLa difesa da parte di Charles Taylor di un liberalismo inclusivo è mirata a fornire un correttivo nei confronti di una influente versione del liberalismo basata sull'individualismo metodologico, la stretta neutralità dello stato e una razionalità astratta. Questo saggio, in primo luogo, esamina le radici del liberalismo di Taylor nella sua ontologia morale e nella sua interpretazione postsecolare del ruolo delle religioni nello spazio pubblico. Su questa base, indaga poi la posizione di Taylor circa gli accomodamenti e le esenzioni su basi religiose, e presenta delle critiche specifiche nei confronti del suo test di sincerità alle pretese di natura religiosa.Charles Taylor's defence of inclusive liberalism aim at providing a corrective for an influential version of liberalism premised on methodological individualism strict state neutrality and abstract rationality. This essay, first, examines the roots of Taylor's liberalism in his moral ontology and postsecular understanding of religion in the public sphere. On this basis, it then investigates Taylor's stance on religious accommodations and exemptions, and offers specific critical insights on his sincerity test for religious claims
Elizabeth Cox, Liz Herbert McAvoy and Roberta Magnani (eds), Reconsidering Gender, Time and Memory in Medieval Culture (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2015), pp. 203. ISBN 978-1843-84403-7 (hb).
No full textWomen, agency and the law, 1300–1700
No full textThe interaction of women with the legal system of England and Wales is a neglected topic of late medieval and early modern historiography. Based on close readings of both public and private documents – court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets – this collection of essays presents the largely untold story of non-elite women and their dealings with the law
