Love, Hate, and the Law in Tudor England: The Three Wives of Ralph Rishton

Lawrence Poos, Catholic University of America

Presents a riveting narrative of a remarkable family who defied conventional expectations in their experiences with law, litigation, and many courts. Covers topics from the history of child marriage to the formation of local historical memory by antiquarians and the Victorian and Edwardian press. Is based upon extensive archival research, especially of lawsuits Draws deeply upon the language of memory as revealed in court cases. Uncovers the understudied history of Lancashire and the Duchy and Palatinate of Lancaster in the sixteenth century

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 Presented in Session 209. Author Meets Critics - L.R. Poos, Love, Hate, and the Law in Tudor England: The Three Wives of Ralph Rishton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022)