Star Chamber Matters

Star Chamber Matters

Author: Natalie Mears

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781912702909

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"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 furtherstudy." -- Humanities Digital Library web site.


The Cardinal's Court

The Cardinal's Court

Author: John Alexander Guy

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Om den engelske kardinal og politiker Thomas Wolsey (ca. 1473-1530) under Henry VIII der spillede en væsentlig rolle i Court of Star Champer


Star Chamber Stories (Routledge Revivals)

Star Chamber Stories (Routledge Revivals)

Author: G.R. Elton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-14

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1136989137

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These stories from the Star Chamber papers, first published in 1958, reveal the real, and sometimes comic, side of the functioning of the Star Chamber - an English court of Law from the Middle Ages, which was set up to ensure the fair enforcement of law against prominent people who were too powerful to be convicted by ordinary courts. These stories are valuable both for the ‘real life’ detail they bring to a historical concept, and for the light they throw on accepted historical generalizations.


The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

Author: Eric Dubin

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Published: 2007-10-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1614670552

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The Star Chamber provides an unprecedented inside look behind celebrity trials from attorney Eric Dubin, who spent five years in the high-profile trenches culminating with his thirty-million-dollar jury verdict against Robert Blake for killing his wife. From his years as a network legal consultant to winning trial lawyer, Eric holds nothing back in The Star Chamber, his first-hand observations of the tainted justice that results from the celebrity glare.


The Bewitching of Anne Gunter

The Bewitching of Anne Gunter

Author: J. A. Sharpe

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0415926912

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In 1604, 20-year-old Anne Gunter appeared to be bewitched: she suffered violent fits, fell into trances, and was said to be able to prophesy the future. The three women she accused as her tormentors were involved in a murderous feud with her father. This true tale of controlling fathers, wilful daughters, power relations between peasants and gentry, and village life in early-modern Europe opens a fascinating window into the past and reveals one young woman's experience with the phenomenon of witchcraft. Sharpe is professor of history at York University, UK. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR