Star Chamber Matters An Early Modern Court and Its Records

An extraordinary court with late medieval roots in the activities of the king's council, Star Chamber came into its own over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, before being abolished in 1641 by members of parliament for what they deemed egregious abuses of royal power. Before its de...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kesselring, K. J., editor (editor), Mears, Natalie, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of London Press 2021.
Series:IHR conference series
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009784580706719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Star Chamber matters / K.J. Kesselring with Natalie Mears
  • The records of the court of Star Chamber at The National Archives and elsewhere / Daniel Gosling Reading ravishment : gender and 'will' power in early Tudor Star Chamber, 1500-50 / Deborah Youngs
  • Sir Edward Coke and the Star Chamber : the prosecution of rapes Snargate, 1598-1602 / Louis A. Knafla
  • 'By reason of her sex and widowhood' : an early modern Welsh gentlewoman in the court of Star Chamber / Sadie Jarrett
  • Consent and coercion, force and fraud : marriages in Star Chamber / K.J. Kesselring
  • Labourers, legal aid and the limits of popular legalism in Star Chamber / Hillary Taylor
  • Jacobean Star Chamber records and the performance of provincial libel / Clare Egan
  • A marine insurance fraud in the Star Chamber / Emily Kadens
  • Star Chamber and the bullion trade, 1618-20 / Simon Healy
  • Contemporary knowledge of the Star Chamber and the abolition of the court / Ian Williams.