Star Chamber Matters

An extraordinary court with late medieval roots in the activities of the king’s council, Star Chamber came into its own over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, before being abolished in 1641 by members of parliament for what they deemed egregious abuses of royal power. Before its demise,...

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description An extraordinary court with late medieval roots in the activities of the king’s council, Star Chamber came into its own over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, before being abolished in 1641 by members of parliament for what they deemed egregious abuses of royal power. Before its demise, the court heard a wide range of disputes in cases framed as fraud, libel, riot, and more. In so doing, it produced records of a sort that make its archive invaluable to many researchers today for insights into both the ordinary and extraordinary. The chapters gathered here explore what we can learn about the history of an age through both the practices of its courts and the disputes of the people who came before them. With Star Chamber, we view a court that came of age in an era of social, legal, religious, and political transformation, and one that left an exceptional wealth of documentation that will repay further study.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-819832025-03-15T05:23:40Z Star Chamber Matters Kesselring, K. J. Mears, Natalie Tudor Britain legal history courts medieval marriage medieval women rape consent medieval libel Sir Edward Coke medieval judge Jacobean law popular legalism marine insurance fraud London history Westminster An extraordinary court with late medieval roots in the activities of the king’s council, Star Chamber came into its own over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, before being abolished in 1641 by members of parliament for what they deemed egregious abuses of royal power. Before its demise, the court heard a wide range of disputes in cases framed as fraud, libel, riot, and more. In so doing, it produced records of a sort that make its archive invaluable to many researchers today for insights into both the ordinary and extraordinary. The chapters gathered here explore what we can learn about the history of an age through both the practices of its courts and the disputes of the people who came before them. With Star Chamber, we view a court that came of age in an era of social, legal, religious, and political transformation, and one that left an exceptional wealth of documentation that will repay further study. 2022-06-02T04:01:31Z 2022-06-02T04:01:31Z 2022-05-31T14:14:07Z 2021 book ONIX_20220531_9781912702909_28 ONIX_20220531_9781912702909_28 OCN: 1269504750 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55758 9781911507451 9781912702893 9781912702916 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81983 eng IHR Conference Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55758/1/9781912702893.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55758/1/9781912702893.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55758/1/9781912702893.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55758/1/9781912702893.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55758/1/9781912702893.pdf University of London Press Institute of Historical Research University of London Press 10.14296/202109.9781912702909 10.14296/202109.9781912702909 3fae60e1-9f6a-42ab-a7ee-73df8c57b4f2 9781911507451 9781912702893 9781912702916 Institute of Historical Research University of London Press 232 London open access
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Star Chamber Matters
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legal history
courts
medieval marriage
medieval women
rape
consent
medieval libel
Sir Edward Coke
medieval judge
Jacobean law
popular legalism
marine insurance
fraud
London history
Westminster
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legal history
courts
medieval marriage
medieval women
rape
consent
medieval libel
Sir Edward Coke
medieval judge
Jacobean law
popular legalism
marine insurance
fraud
London history
Westminster
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