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• catalog abstract "Annotation "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 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."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.".
• catalog contributor b11625678.
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description "Annotation "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 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."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm' -- 1. The Common Law -- 2. The Ecclesiastical Law -- 3. The Courts and Their Officers -- 4. Patterns of Litigation -- 5. Evidence -- 6. Costs -- 7. Penance -- 8. The Parties -- 9. The Injury -- 10. Motives -- 11. Consequences -- Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law' -- Table 1. Ecclesiastical court business, 1827-30 -- Table 2. Defamation cases by diocese, 1815-55, with diocesan populations in 1835 -- Table 3. Defamation cases by five-year periods, 1815-55 -- Table 4. Defamation cases by sex and martial status of parties (Norwich and York) -- Table 5. Populations of places of plaintiffs' residence (Norwich) -- Table 6. Disposition of causes at various stages of litigation (Norwich) -- Table 7. Sex and literacy of witnesses (Norwich and York) -- App. A. Illustrative Cause Papers -- App. B. Occupations of Parties and Parties' Husbands (Norwich and York) and of Male Plaintiffs (England and Wales).".
• catalog extent "xvi, 315 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0802047505 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog subject "262.9/8342 21".
• catalog subject "Adultery Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Ecclesiastical courts Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Fornication Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "KD1960 .W33 2000".
• catalog subject "Libel and slander Great Britain History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm' -- 1. The Common Law -- 2. The Ecclesiastical Law -- 3. The Courts and Their Officers -- 4. Patterns of Litigation -- 5. Evidence -- 6. Costs -- 7. Penance -- 8. The Parties -- 9. The Injury -- 10. Motives -- 11. Consequences -- Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law' -- Table 1. Ecclesiastical court business, 1827-30 -- Table 2. Defamation cases by diocese, 1815-55, with diocesan populations in 1835 -- Table 3. Defamation cases by five-year periods, 1815-55 -- Table 4. Defamation cases by sex and martial status of parties (Norwich and York) -- Table 5. Populations of places of plaintiffs' residence (Norwich) -- Table 6. Disposition of causes at various stages of litigation (Norwich) -- Table 7. Sex and literacy of witnesses (Norwich and York) -- App. A. Illustrative Cause Papers -- App. B. Occupations of Parties and Parties' Husbands (Norwich and York) and of Male Plaintiffs (England and Wales).".
• catalog title "Sexual slander in nineteenth-century England : defamation in the ecclesiastical courts, 1815-1855 / S.M. Waddams.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".