Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England : : Defamation in The Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855 / / S.M. Waddams.
'You are a nasty bloody thundering whore,' one Gloucester woman said to another in 1852. Most lawyers and historians are surprised to learn that until 1855 language of this sort was punishable in the ecclesiastical courts. In a study based on court records and lawyers' correspondence,...
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Waddams, S.M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England : Defamation in The Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855 / S.M. Waddams. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2000 1 online resource (384 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm' -- Part I: The Law -- 1. The Common Law -- 2. The Ecclesiastical Law -- Part II: The Courts -- 3. The Courts and Their Officers -- 4. Patterns of Litigation -- 5. Evidence -- 6. Costs -- 7. Penance -- Part III: The Cases -- 8. The Parties -- 9. The Injury -- 10. Motives -- 11. Consequences -- Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law' -- Tables -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Table of Cases -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 'You are a nasty bloody thundering whore,' one Gloucester woman said to another in 1852. Most lawyers and historians are surprised to learn that until 1855 language of this sort was punishable in the ecclesiastical courts. In a study based on court records and lawyers' correspondence, Stephen Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. He concludes that, though this branch of the law had many deficiencies, it also had certain merits, especially from the point of view of women, who constituted 90 per cent of all complainants. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events and of social attitudes from the words of participants, who were mostly of a very modest social status, and not accustomed to recording their views. Their evidence provides a valuable perspective not generally available to historians. The study is of importance to legal historians and to all who have an interest in nineteenth-century England, especially to those concerned with the sexual reputation of women. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Ecclesiastical courts England History 19th century. Libel and slander England History 19th century. Women England Social conditions 19th century. LAW / Legal History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802047502 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442679856 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442679856 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442679856.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm' -- Part I: The Law -- 1. The Common Law -- 2. The Ecclesiastical Law -- Part II: The Courts -- 3. The Courts and Their Officers -- 4. Patterns of Litigation -- 5. Evidence -- 6. Costs -- 7. Penance -- Part III: The Cases -- 8. The Parties -- 9. The Injury -- 10. Motives -- 11. Consequences -- Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law' -- Tables -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Table of Cases -- Index |
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