Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Gwen Seabourne @gwenseabourne.bsky.social · Jun 13

Occasional moments of nerdy #LegalHistory delight ... just reminded, when reading a chapter by David Seipp, of the magnificent Year Book moment in 1430 (1430.007) when a serjeant decided barking like a dog was the best response to his opponent's argument ...
www.bu.edu/phpbin/lawye...

2 8

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · Apr 7

fancy a bit of legal history, law and literature, and practice-as-research? come to my
@leverhulme.ac.uk-funded workshop at @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on the 23rd May. featuring libels, process-serving, facsimile documents, lewd remarks and document eating! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv please share widely!

2 16 36

Joanna McCunn @jhmccunn.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our edited collection is out and we have a very exciting book launch planned for 13 February! Sign up here to attend online or in person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1106423846...

1 6 28

Joanna McCunn @jhmccunn.bsky.social · Nov 25

Delighted that this edited collection is now available for pre-order! www.routledge.com/9781032873756

1 3 1

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Sara M. Butler 🇨🇦 @sarabutler.bsky.social · Jun 24

Its Miscellany Monday! Here's one of my old posts, '“Woe unto those who know not how to syllabificate”: The Languages of Medieval Law' (2018): legalhistorymiscellany.com/2018/11/09/w... via @legalmiscellany

“Woe unto those who know not how to syllabificate”: The Languages of Medieval Law

Posted by Sara M. Butler, 9 November 2018. When John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180) decried the dishonesty of lawyers in his Policraticus, he targeted the incomprehensibility of their legalese, complain...

legalhistorymiscellany.com

3 5

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · Jun 20

Because of the looming UK election, the national archives (a government department) is in "purdah" and can't publicise this upcoming lecture... But you can! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/event/pipe-r...

Pipe Roll Society Lecture - The National Archives - The Chiswick Calendar Events

Join The National Archives for ‘Pipe rolls – publishing the ‘most splendid’ records’. In 1711, the pipe rolls were described as the ‘most splendid’ records in the royal archives, next […]

chiswickcalendar.co.uk

1 6 12

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · May 21

hello, I have finally joined this site, just in time to promote my rather exciting workshop I'm running @sheffieldcems.bsky.social on June 7th! we have seven exciting PGR and ECR papers, and a practice-as-research workshop investigating the experience of arrest!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experienci...

Experiencing Law, Government and Politics: a collaborative workshop

A collaborative, interdisciplinary workshop exploring early modern law, government and politics through new approaches.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

8 18

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Julie Hardwick @juliehardwick.bsky.social · May 15

The great Shannon McSheffrey on a fascinating case in the London Consistory in 1522 of an #intersex person whose husband sued to annul their marriage. 5 midwives testified in some detail that Margaret had both a vagina & a penis:
consistory.org/2018/05/14/b...

Christopher Bradley c Margaret Bradley

I have just found this highly unusual case of an apparent intersex person named Margaret Bradley of Hackney, Middlesex, who in 1522 was sued by her/their* husband Christopher to annul their marriage. ...

consistory.org

1 3 7

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · May 6

The CFP for the Legal Histories of Empire is out! Taking place in Toronto in July 2025 the event gathers together researchers from around the world studying law and #empires. This time there is a special stream for “illegality in empire” ! Spread the word: lhbe.org

Legal Histories of Empire

scholarship - legal history - empire - conference - 2021

lhbe.org

1 2

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Sara M. Butler 🇨🇦 @sarabutler.bsky.social · May 6

Its Miscellany Monday! Here's Kesselring, "Mapping Durham’s Medieval Sanctuary Seekers" (2018).

legalhistorymiscellany.com/2018/07/02/m... via @legalmiscellany

Mapping Durham’s Medieval Sanctuary Seekers

Just how far did people seeking sanctuary in late medieval England flee, and why?

legalhistorymiscellany.com

2 3

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · Apr 30

How and where did people learn how to litigate in early modern England? Great new post from Laura Flanigan on the improvised and hoarded legal knowledge found in the scrappy “personal notebooks of estate administrators, rural gentry, and urban merchants”

manyheadedmonster.com/2024/04/30/c... 🗃️

Commonplace Legal Knowledge in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century England

This post is part of our 'The People and the Law' Online Symposium, a series exploring early modern English legal sources. Laura Flannigan is a Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford Univ...

manyheadedmonster.com

1 16 32

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Sara M. Butler 🇨🇦 @sarabutler.bsky.social · Apr 2

My book, Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England (CUP: 2022) is now out in PAPERBACK for just $34.99! Whoot!

www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Pain, Penance, and Protest | British history 1066-1450

www.cambridge.org

2 5

Joanna McCunn @jhmccunn.bsky.social · Mar 5

Very excited to be speaking at this workshop!

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Mar 4

We're pleased to be supporting the Popular Knowledge of the Law in Early Modernity workshop St. John's College, Oxford (and online) on 3rd Apr 2024

Full programme and registration for this event can be found:

pastandpresent.org.uk/registration...

Registration Opens for "Popular Knowledge of the Law in Early Modernity" - Past and Present

Received from Dr. Laura Flannigan (St. John’s College, Oxford) Popular Knowledge of the Law in Early Modernity – one-day online workshop (3rd April 2023) Join us for an exciting online workshop explor...

pastandpresent.org.uk

1 5

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · Mar 1

A moment of appreciation, please, for 18th-century tearaway & thief Mary White, who responded to arrest by exposing her breast & squirting milk in her captors' faces

In court she 'licked' (slapped?) her accuser, spat on the magistrate's seat & refused to give any name but 'Mary Cut-&-Come-Again' 🦹‍♀️

4 12 44

Joanna McCunn @jhmccunn.bsky.social · Feb 19

Truly astonishing!!!

1

Joanna McCunn @jhmccunn.bsky.social · Jan 31

Incredibly excited that booking is now open for the 26th British Legal History Conference! Join us in Bristol for 'Insiders and Outsiders in the History of Law', 3-6 July 2024. More details and registration on our website: www.bristol.ac.uk/british-legal-history-conference-2024

British Legal History Conference 2024

The University of Bristol Law School is delighted to host the 26th British Legal History Conference, which will take place between 3 and 6 July 2024. The conference theme is 'Insiders and Outsiders in...

www.bristol.ac.uk

3 4

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Jan 16

New blog for #HistParl 📣

Chloe Challender discusses the sanitary provisions provided for women in the Palace of Westminster during the 19th century. Find out more: ow.ly/bz7h50QqiQ2

The smallest room in the House

Women have been accessing the Palace of Westminster for centuries, yet sanitary facilities have not always been provided. Chloe Challender, a PhD candidate working on a collaborative project between t...

ow.ly

5 4

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social · Jan 15

It’s time to banish any January blues because the next Law and History Network webinar takes place next week. All are welcome as we hear from the awesome @folukeifejola.bsky.social

Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/f-adebisi-...

3 4

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Jane Sancinito @janesancinito.bsky.social · Jan 3

Available now! The Reputation of the Roman Merchant!

press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

Front cover of the Reputation of the Roman Merchant by Jane Sancinito

2 4 13

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · Dec 14

You perhaps don't need to be a lawyer to find this judgment interesting. German HE bomb dropped in a field in 1942. University halls built on field in 2012. Army detonates bomb in 2021. Insurers rely on war damage exclusion. What caused the damage? bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

3 3 4

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Dec 12

Really pleased to announce the launch of a new version (9.0) of the Old Bailey Online oldbaileyonline.org. There is lots of new functionality, and a thoroughly redesigned front and back end.

a screenshot of the Old Bailey homepage, with a prominent search box in the middle. The background is a photograph of Court No. 1

10 100 180

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Dr Laura Flannigan @lflannigan17.bsky.social · Nov 6

Morning everyone - my book on royal justice, the Court of Requests, and the early Tudors is out NOW for those with online access! Print publication to follow shortly... www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

2 17 33

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Lukasz Korporowicz @lukaszkorporowicz.bsky.social · Nov 15

In a week, this amazing collection edited by Cerian Griffiths and me will be released by Routledge. More than two years of hard work. It was worth to see the results of the work of fifteenth authors from four continents!

www.routledge.com/English-Law-...

4 8

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

Krista Kesselring @kjkesselring.bsky.social · Nov 13

In this guest post, Richard Ireland explores a set of 19th-century courtroom sketches and the delight to be found in legal history research: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2023/11/13/o...

On Delight in Legal History

In this guest post, Richard Ireland posits a place for *delight* in legal history, examining 'sketches taken from life' in a nineteenth-century circuit court.

legalhistorymiscellany.com

1 5

Reposted by Joanna McCunn

David Chan Smith @dasmith.bsky.social · Nov 10

The final records of the database of smuggling prosecutions in 1720s Britain are now uploaded in the Dark Markets Observatory. Discover who was smuggling, what happened to them, and sometimes why - criminal gangs, international networks, the wild world of #18thc #smuggling 🗃️ #history #earlymod

Smuggling Database | davidchansmith

www.davidchansmith.net

3 50 130