Ruth H Frost
Biographic Data
| ID | 6558868 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth H Frost |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth H |
| FAMILY NAME | Frost |
| SIGNATURE | FROST R H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ladies’ Declaration of Independence, Litchfield, CT, 1839
In her 1999 article “County Split Over Women's Rights,” in The Litchfield County Times, Kathryn Boughton examines the history of campaigns for and against women's rights in Litchfield County, drawing attention to a Ladies’ Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1839, housed in the Woodruff Collection of the Litchfield Historical Society.1 Boughton argues that “a mere 53 years after the Constitution was conceived, some women in Litchfield County w…
Attitudes to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Complications in Medieval English Miracula
This article re‐examines the evidence about childbirth and related topics in the posthumous miracle collections of English saints. It finds forty‐eight such miracles in collections of thirteen English saints, mostly from the century or so after 1170. The article argues that the context in which the stories were composed is vitally important to understanding how they can be used. Contemporary concerns with miracles that could be verified constrain…
A Common Clerk as Courtholder
Courtholders presided over a variety of late medieval English courts. Like most courtholders before 1500, Geoffrey Spirleng, common clerk of Norwich, did not attend an inn of court or chancery. Nevertheless, his experiences as a courtholder and as common clerk qualified him as a legal professional. Because of the frequency of lawsuits, people of all backgrounds were impacted by courtholders’ actions. This article argues that courtholders played a…
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A Common Clerk as Courtholder
Courtholders presided over a variety of late medieval English courts. Like most courtholders before 1500, Geoffrey Spirleng, common clerk of Norwich, did not attend an inn of court or chancery. Nevertheless, his experiences as a courtholder and as common clerk qualified him as a legal professional. Because of the frequency of lawsuits, people of all backgrounds were impacted by courtholders’ actions. This article argues that courtholders played a…
Attitudes to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Complications in Medieval English Miracula
This article re‐examines the evidence about childbirth and related topics in the posthumous miracle collections of English saints. It finds forty‐eight such miracles in collections of thirteen English saints, mostly from the century or so after 1170. The article argues that the context in which the stories were composed is vitally important to understanding how they can be used. Contemporary concerns with miracles that could be verified constrain…
Ladies’ Declaration of Independence, Litchfield, CT, 1839
In her 1999 article “County Split Over Women's Rights,” in The Litchfield County Times, Kathryn Boughton examines the history of campaigns for and against women's rights in Litchfield County, drawing attention to a Ladies’ Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1839, housed in the Woodruff Collection of the Litchfield Historical Society.1 Boughton argues that “a mere 53 years after the Constitution was conceived, some women in Litchfield County w…
Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Childbirth (1 work) · Common law (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)