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Record Number:
9592
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Jones , E. D.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Medieval Leyrwite: A Historical Note on Female Fornication [Leyrwite was a fine, most often paid by women, for illicit sexual activity. The author analyzes the records from Spaulding Priory concerning the serfs that worked its lands. He argues that the Priory did not levy the fines for financial purposes. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source URL:
English Historical Review
(Full Text via JSTOR) 107, 425 (October 1992): 945-953.
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English Historical Review
(Full Text via JSTOR) 107, 425 (October 1992): 945-953.
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Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Charters and Diplomatics
Fines and Penalties
Leyrwite, Fine on Peasant Women for Sexual Misdemeanors
Serfs
Sexuality
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England- Spalding Priory- Myntling Register
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13- 14
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
One table. Table One Leyrwites on the lands of Spalding Priory from the 1250s to 1433. Table also includes fathers as payers and costs of fines.
Abstract:
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Western Australia
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00138266
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