Understanding Medieval Women Through Crime
Gone Medieval
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Are the Courts So Accessible?
Do you actually have to have quite a lot of money to be able to take a case like this, to court if my neighbour's dog is eating my turnips or something? Can i only do that if i have money, or is it sort of open to everyone? No, it's pretty accessible. So you did have to pay to bring these cases to court, but it's usually a few pence. And so we see the kind of elites within urban society, but also much more ordinary people. It does really allow us to get an insight into the identities of who these ordinary people are living within these towns.
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