Women in the Medieval Common Law C.1170-1500

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Preface
Abbreviations and citation conventions
Introduction: women, the common law and the legal historians
PART I: Unions and divisions: women and the common law
	1 ‘Their position is inferior to that of men’: differentiation, inclusion, omission
	2 Unstable constructions: unity, disunity, property and favour in common law thought on women
PART II: Audible and inaudible; credible and not credible: women in the legal process
	3 ‘By the mouth of man’: women as non-party actors in litigation
PART III: Women’s complaints and complaints of women
	4 Voice, agency and ‘playing the victim’
	5 Limits and accommodation
	6 Responsible and irresponsible women: the female defendant
Conclusion: the future of women’s legal past
Select bibliography
Index