The Law as a Weapon in Marital Disputes
Evidence from the Late Medieval Court of Chancery, 1424–1529
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10065458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Butler (0000-0002-7712-9035, corresponding author), Sara M Butler |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-316 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of British Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9371 • E-ISSN: 1545-6986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/383597 |
| OpenAlex | W2145608233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
When Isabelle, widow of Richard Vergeons, commissioned the writing of a bill of complaint to Chancery at the end of the fifteenth century, she was clearly at the end of her tether. Six months before the writing of the petition, the wife of Thomas Hyll, a wire monger of London, approached the petitioner's husband, begging for ''secour and saufgarde of her lyf.'' She was driven to this request only after ''dyvers variantes and discordes betwene her and the seid Thomas her husbond and for grette fere and inpartye that the seid Thomas put to her of her lyf.'' When Richard happened upon her she was being chased by Thomas, who was wielding a dagger. Seeing ''the ungoodly and hasty disposition of the seid Thomas and the greate fere of his seid wife,'' Richard decided to take matters into his own hands. He received Thomas's wife into his home and then confronted Thomas about his actions, hoping to reason with him and convince him to treat his wife appropriately. This soon proved to be a fatal error
Political science · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval Literature and History
Historical foundations of the common law
The ties that bound
Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy
Women in Medieval Western European Culture
Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities
Masculinity in Medieval Europe
Marriage Litigation in Medieval England
Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies
Punishing convicted ravishers
The Discourse on Marriage in the Middle Ages
Contexts of Marriage in Medieval England
Good Governance” in the Medieval and Early Modern Context
The Early History of the Court of Chancery
The Law Courts of Medieval England
Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy
Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |