Dr Amanda Capern A.L.Capern@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Women's History
Going to Chancery: Gender, Family and Law in England, 1550-1750
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Project Description
'Going to Chancery' will lead to a completely new cultural history of the early-modern equity court of Chancery. The project offers a revised interpretation of the organization of family finances and emotional exchange. The research will form a collaboration with The National Archives to chart the changing patterns of use of Chancery according to rank and gender. This will answer questions about social authority in litigant-lawyer relationships. The project investigates how early-modern people understood the concepts of truth, rights and justice and articulated these in the stories they told in Chancery and the differing uses they made of legal rhetoric.
| Status | Project Complete |
|---|---|
| Funder(s) | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Value | £48,232.00 |
| Project Dates | Feb 1, 2019 - May 31, 2022 |
| Partner Organisations | 00 No Partners |
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