the Elizabethan response to recusancy by married Catholic women, 1559–1586
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Peddle, Karen S.
- Thesaurus
- strafrecht, huwelijken, gehuwde vrouwen, rooms-katholicisme, vroegmoderne periode, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 16e eeuw
- Description
- This study argues how respect for the standards of coverture, patriarchy and marital obligations incorporated in the use of the recognizance provided a highly effective and legal means to penalise and correct both recusant wives and their husbands.