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International Medieval Congress 2009

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Session: 1103
Title: Law, Culture, and Society in 14th-Century England
Date / Time: July 15, 2009 11.15-12.45
 
Sponsor: Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies
 
Organiser: W. Mark Ormrod, Department of History, University of York
 
Moderator: Gwilym Dodd, School of History, University of Nottingham
 
Paper
1103-a:
A Lawyer's Home is his Castle: Longthorpe Tower and the Thorpe Family
(Language: English)
Robert Kinsey, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
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1103-b:
The Gentry, the Law, and Upward Mobility in Late Medieval Cheshire
(Language: English)
Deborah Youngs, Department of History, Swansea University
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1103-c:
The Distaff Side of the Legal Profession: Female Influences on the Reputation of Medieval Lawyers
(Language: English)
Anthony Musson, School of Law, University of Exeter
 
Abstract: The session showcases innovative work currently being undertaken in the socio-legal history of later medieval England. Drawing on a wide range of judicial records, literary texts, and surviving architecture and art, it focuses particularly on the professional, cultural, and social identities of the legal profession.
 

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