The texts reproduced in facsimile in the three volumes of 'Legal Treatises' reconstruct the legal status of the early modern Englishwoman. To facilitate a reading of the treatises by broadly defining many of the laws discussed in great detail in the treatises, a general introduction to the laws of the period provides concise overviews of the structure of the English legal system; the legal education of practitioners of the law; the kinds of legal literature produced in the period; and the legal position of early modern Englishwomen. A bibliography of important secondary scholarship devoted...

The texts reproduced in facsimile in the three volumes of 'Legal Treatises' reconstruct the legal status of the early modern Englishwoman. To facilitate a reading of the treatises by broadly defining many of the laws discussed in great detail in the treatises, a general introduction to the laws of the period provides concise overviews of the structure of the English legal system; the legal education of practitioners of the law; the kinds of legal literature produced in the period; and the legal position of early modern Englishwomen. A bibliography of important secondary scholarship devoted...

Essential Works Series III, Part One consists of seven volumes of writings grouped by genre. The set comprises the following titles: Volume 1: Legal Treatises Volume 1 Volume 2: Legal Treatises Volume 2 Volume 3: Legal Treatises Volume 3 Volume 4: The Monument of Matrones Volume 1 (Lamps 1-3) Volume 5: The Monument of Matrones Volume 2 (Lamp 4) Volume 6: The Monument of Matrones Volume 3 (Lamps 5-7) Volume 7: Women and Murder in Early Modern News Pamphlets and Broadside Ballads, 1573-1697