Women, Property and Law

Stretton, Tim

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“…13 Furthermore, greater numbers of women acted as executors and administrators than were testators; in over two thirds of testaments, in fact. 14 Clearly middle-to upper-class early modern women were familiar with the legal process and language of will-making and administration, and they were key players in this drama of death.…”

Section: Early Modern Women Will-writersmentioning

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“Twoo Muche Vayne and Idle Chardge”: The Precision of Inheritance in the 1601 Will of Bess of Hardwick

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2021

Law & Literature

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In 1601 Bess of Hardwick, the wealthiest woman in Elizabethan England (second only to the Queen herself), began her final will and testament. The precision with which Bess bequeathed her monetary and material wealth is striking: her executors and beneficiaries were left little room for interpretation and no excuse for error. This article explores the language and rhetoric of inheritance, alongside specific bequests of money, jewels, property, and clothing present in the will of Bess of Hardwick in order to understand the document as an autobiographical expression of personal and dynastic achievement, status, and ambition.

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Section: Early Modern Women Will-writersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Twoo Muche Vayne and Idle Chardge”: The Precision of Inheritance in the 1601 Will of Bess of Hardwick

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2021

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Early modern women in the English courts of law

Fikkers

2018

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The recent publication of The Oxford handbook of English law and literature, 1500–1700 (2017) has put the field of early modern law and literature firmly on the map. Despite the growing attention to the importance of these intersecting fields in early modern England, however, working with legal records is still a daunting task for many literary scholars. The early modern legal system with its various, sometimes competing jurisdictions and numerous law courts presents, to many scholars, a difficulty to navigate maze. Particularly for those working on early modern women's literature, and women's studies more generally, this is unfortunate: The legal archives offer a wealth of records in manuscript form pertaining to the lives and narratives of early modern women from all ranks of society, including the poor and the illiterate. This article aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the early modern law courts and their records, outlining the way the law restrained women as well as the possibilities it offered them, alongside the ways women were able to navigate these restrictions and opportunities. In doing so, this article provides tools for scholars working with early modern legal records for the first time.

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Siyasi Düşünceler Tarihinde Kadınların Üzerindeki Unutulmuşluk Perdesini Açmaya Yönelik Bir Çaba: Mary Astell’in Birey, Toplum ve İktidar Anlayışı

Şimşek Öner

2024

Anadolu Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi

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Bu çalışma kapsamında erken modern dönem filozofu Mary Astell’in yaşamı, eserleri ve filozof üzerine yapılan çalışmalar ışığında Astell’in birey, toplum ve iktidar anlayışı incelenmiştir. Böylece ilk İngiliz feminist olarak adlandırılan Astell’in siyasi düşünceler tarihi içindeki yerini, önemini ve bugüne bıraktığı mirasını ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Astell’in yaşamında önemli dönüm noktaları esas alınarak 17 ve 18. yüzyıl İngiltere’sinin toplumsal ve siyasi yapısı incelenmiş ve bunun Astell’in düşüncesine yansımaları değerlendirilmiştir. Filozofun Kilise’ye bağlılığı, muhafazakârlık savunusu ve feminizmin ilk argümanlarını ortaya koyması, onu özgün kılan temel husus olarak görülmektedir. Bu noktada Astell’in siyasi iktidar analizinde ön plana çıkan üç mesele olduğu belirtilebilir. İlk ikisi, modernleşmeyle birlikte yükselişe geçen farazi bir kişi olarak tüzel kişilik ve sözleşmecilik düşünceleridir. Üçüncüsü ise bu iki modern kavrama aktarılan geleneksel ataerkilliğin modernleşmeyle aldığı görünümdür. Bu bağlamda Astell, evlilik sözleşmesinin kadınlar bakımından nasıl bir tahakküm ilişkisi yarattığını göstererek, çağının yaygın kanısı evlilik sözleşmesi-toplum sözleşmesi benzerliğinden hareketle liberalizme meydan okumaktadır.

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Women, Property and Law

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

“Twoo Muche Vayne and Idle Chardge”: The Precision of Inheritance in the 1601 Will of Bess of Hardwick

“Twoo Muche Vayne and Idle Chardge”: The Precision of Inheritance in the 1601 Will of Bess of Hardwick

Early modern women in the English courts of law

Siyasi Düşünceler Tarihinde Kadınların Üzerindeki Unutulmuşluk Perdesini Açmaya Yönelik Bir Çaba: Mary Astell’in Birey, Toplum ve İktidar Anlayışı

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