Christine Churches
Biographic Data
| ID | 1712208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Churches |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Churches |
| SIGNATURE | CHURCHES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Business at Law
Recent work on the records of civil litigation in the central courts of Westminster has refined and extended our knowledge of levels of litigation and the types of dispute pursued at law in early modern England. This article discusses two interrelated business disputes at the port of Whitehaven in the first half of the eighteenth century pursued by two of its prominent merchants, both frequent litigants in a period when litigation overall was dec…
Women and property in early modern England
The operation of the English Common Law governing the ownership and inheritance of property seems to offer compelling proof of the utter subjection of women: a woman inherited property only if she had no brothers, on marriage she surrendered all personal estate and control of her real estate, while married she could not sue, obtain credit or sign a contract in her own name, or write a will without express permission from her husband, and if he di…
False Friends, Spiteful Enemies
This article examines a body of lawsuits from the fast-growing colliery port of Whitehaven in northwest England, in the early eighteenth century. The matching estate correspondence illuminates how litigation affected relations between the major landowning family and their tenants, and how it was used by different interest groups within the town. Looking at the use of the law from the standpoint of the litigants, examining who initiated the suits …
The Most Unconvincing Testimony’
Women and property in early modern England
The operation of the English Common Law governing the ownership and inheritance of property seems to offer compelling proof of the utter subjection of women: a woman inherited property only if she had no brothers, on marriage she surrendered all personal estate and control of her real estate, while married she could not sue, obtain credit or sign a contract in her own name, or write a will without express permission from her husband, and if he di…
The Most Unconvincing Testimony’
Business at Law
Recent work on the records of civil litigation in the central courts of Westminster has refined and extended our knowledge of levels of litigation and the types of dispute pursued at law in early modern England. This article discusses two interrelated business disputes at the port of Whitehaven in the first half of the eighteenth century pursued by two of its prominent merchants, both frequent litigants in a period when litigation overall was dec…
The Most Unconvincing Testimony’
Women and property in early modern England
The operation of the English Common Law governing the ownership and inheritance of property seems to offer compelling proof of the utter subjection of women: a woman inherited property only if she had no brothers, on marriage she surrendered all personal estate and control of her real estate, while married she could not sue, obtain credit or sign a contract in her own name, or write a will without express permission from her husband, and if he di…
False Friends, Spiteful Enemies
This article examines a body of lawsuits from the fast-growing colliery port of Whitehaven in northwest England, in the early eighteenth century. The matching estate correspondence illuminates how litigation affected relations between the major landowning family and their tenants, and how it was used by different interest groups within the town. Looking at the use of the law from the standpoint of the litigants, examining who initiated the suits …
Business at Law
Recent work on the records of civil litigation in the central courts of Westminster has refined and extended our knowledge of levels of litigation and the types of dispute pursued at law in early modern England. This article discusses two interrelated business disputes at the port of Whitehaven in the first half of the eighteenth century pursued by two of its prominent merchants, both frequent litigants in a period when litigation overall was dec…
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