LEADER 03565nam 22006855 450 001 9910416093603321 005 20250609111818.0 010 $a9783030452209 010 $a3030452204 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-45220-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011343644 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6273219 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-45220-9 035 $a(Perlego)3481013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6265004 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011343644 100 $a20200715d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWomen and Parliament in Later Medieval England /$fby W. Mark Ormrod 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (156 pages) 225 1 $aThe New Middle Ages,$x2945-5944 311 08$a9783030452193 311 08$a3030452190 327 $a1. Women and Parliament: Debates and Sources -- 2. Queens and Noblewomen in Parliament -- 3. Women of the Gentry and Lesser Social Status -- 4. Women on Trial in Parliament -- 5. Female Institutions and Collectives as Petitioners in Parliament -- 6. Women's Issues in Parliament: Dower -- 7. Women's Issues in Parliament: Rape -- 8. Women, Parliament and the Public Sphere -- 9. Conclusion: Women Speaking Out in Medieval Parliament. 330 $aThis Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages. Breaking new ground, this book considers all aspects of women's access to the highest court of medieval England. Women were active supplicants to the Crown in Parliament, and sometimes appeared there in person to prosecute cases or make political demands. It explores the positions of women of varying rank, from queens to peasants, vis-à-vis this male institution, where they very occasionally appeared in person but were more usually represented by written petitions. A full analysis of these petitions and of the official records of parliament reveals that there were a number of issues on which women consistently pressed for changes in the law and its administration, and where the Commons and the Crown either championed or refused to support reform. Such is the concentration of petitions on the subjects of dower and rape that these may justifiably be termed 'women's issues' in the medieval Parliament. 410 0$aThe New Middle Ages,$x2945-5944 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aFeminism 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistory of Medieval Europe 606 $aLegal History 606 $aFeminism and Feminist Theory 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aFeminism. 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aHistory of Medieval Europe. 615 24$aLegal History. 615 24$aFeminism and Feminist Theory. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a328.4209 676 $a324.08209410902 700 $aOrmrod$b W. Mark$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0897713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910416093603321 996 $aWomen and Parliament in Later Medieval England$92005638 997 $aUNINA