Amanda Capern
Biographic Data
| ID | 1249896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Capern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Capern |
| SIGNATURE | CAPERN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deparment of History, University of Hull, Hull, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: The case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children
This article addresses the boundaries of female power within early modern aristocratic families. It examines the family arrangements of Lord Emmanuel Scroop whose marriage to Elizabeth Manners was childless. The research sets out to uncover Lord Scroop’s relationship with his servant, Martha Janes, and the property litigation pursued by Janes on behalf of their four illegitimate children whom Lord Scroop left his family estates to. The article sh…
More than bricks and mortar: Female property ownership as economic strategy in mid-nineteenth-century urban England
This article uses a quantitative and qualitative methodology to examine the role that women played as property owners in three mid-nineteenth-century English towns. Using data from the previously under-utilized rate books, we argue that women were actively engaged in urban property ownership as part of a complex financial strategy to generate income and invest speculatively. We show that female engagement in the urban land and property markets wa…
Cassandra Brydges (1670-1735), First Duchess of Chandos: Life and letters - By Rosemary O'Day
The Historical Study of Women: England 1500–1700
The Historical Study of Women: England 1500-1700 provides a richly detailed survey of the history and historiography of early-modern women in England during the Reformation and Civil War. Covering a wide variety of key topics, the book explores the history of ideas, women's rights, law and criminality, witchcraft, queenship, courtship and marriage, family and the household, childrearing and the world of property-ownership and work. It also provid…
The Mothers Legacy to Her Vnborn Childe
The mother's advice book represents a distinctly female literary genre appearing in seventeenth-century England. According to the conventions of this form, a mother leaves written instructions, of a predominantly spiritual nature, as a legacy to her children. The Mothers Legacy, written by Elizabeth Joscelin, is particularly significant for its documentation of ideas about women's education, authorship, and spirituality. With her writing, the aut…
More than bricks and mortar: Female property ownership as economic strategy in mid-nineteenth-century urban England
This article uses a quantitative and qualitative methodology to examine the role that women played as property owners in three mid-nineteenth-century English towns. Using data from the previously under-utilized rate books, we argue that women were actively engaged in urban property ownership as part of a complex financial strategy to generate income and invest speculatively. We show that female engagement in the urban land and property markets wa…
The Mothers Legacy to Her Vnborn Childe
The mother's advice book represents a distinctly female literary genre appearing in seventeenth-century England. According to the conventions of this form, a mother leaves written instructions, of a predominantly spiritual nature, as a legacy to her children. The Mothers Legacy, written by Elizabeth Joscelin, is particularly significant for its documentation of ideas about women's education, authorship, and spirituality. With her writing, the aut…
The Historical Study of Women: England 1500–1700
The Historical Study of Women: England 1500-1700 provides a richly detailed survey of the history and historiography of early-modern women in England during the Reformation and Civil War. Covering a wide variety of key topics, the book explores the history of ideas, women's rights, law and criminality, witchcraft, queenship, courtship and marriage, family and the household, childrearing and the world of property-ownership and work. It also provid…
Cassandra Brydges (1670-1735), First Duchess of Chandos: Life and letters - By Rosemary O'Day
More than bricks and mortar: Female property ownership as economic strategy in mid-nineteenth-century urban England
This article uses a quantitative and qualitative methodology to examine the role that women played as property owners in three mid-nineteenth-century English towns. Using data from the previously under-utilized rate books, we argue that women were actively engaged in urban property ownership as part of a complex financial strategy to generate income and invest speculatively. We show that female engagement in the urban land and property markets wa…
Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: The case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children
This article addresses the boundaries of female power within early modern aristocratic families. It examines the family arrangements of Lord Emmanuel Scroop whose marriage to Elizabeth Manners was childless. The research sets out to uncover Lord Scroop’s relationship with his servant, Martha Janes, and the property litigation pursued by Janes on behalf of their four illegitimate children whom Lord Scroop left his family estates to. The article sh…
Historical Economic and Social Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works) · Historiography (2 works) · Politics (2 works)