Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9104
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Skinner , Patricia.
  • Contributor(s):
  • Title: Disputes and Disparity: Women at Court in Medieval Southern Italy [differences in women's access to justice in Byzantine southern Italy and the Lombard areas; the author suggests that some women turned their legal limitations to their own advantage].
  • Source: Reading Medieval Studies 22, ( 1996): Pages 85 - 105.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Charters and Diplomatics Courts of Law Land Tenure Law Property Women's Rights
  • Award Note:
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 9- 10- 11- 12
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  • Table: One table. Chart of women litigants in Southern Italy, 952-1196, giving place, names of plaintiff and defendant, object of dispute, and winner.
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Southampton
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 09503129