Joanna McCunn
@jhmccunn.bsky.social
Legal historian, cake fan (she/her)
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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 ...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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...
www.bu.edu/phpbin/lawye...
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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!
@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!
April 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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!
@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!
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...
January 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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...
Delighted that this edited collection is now available for pre-order! www.routledge.com/9781032873756
November 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Delighted that this edited collection is now available for pre-order! www.routledge.com/9781032873756
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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...
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June 24, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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
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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 […]
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June 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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...
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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!
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Experiencing Law, Government and Politics: a collaborative workshop
A collaborative, interdisciplinary workshop exploring early modern law, government and politics through new approaches.
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May 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experienci...
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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...
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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. ...
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May 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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...
consistory.org/2018/05/14/b...
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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
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May 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Its Miscellany Monday! Here's Kesselring, "Mapping Durham’s Medieval Sanctuary Seekers" (2018).
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2018/07/02/m... via @legalmiscellany
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?
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May 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Its Miscellany Monday! Here's Kesselring, "Mapping Durham’s Medieval Sanctuary Seekers" (2018).
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2018/07/02/m... via @legalmiscellany
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2018/07/02/m... via @legalmiscellany
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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... 🗃️
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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...
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April 30, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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... 🗃️
manyheadedmonster.com/2024/04/30/c... 🗃️
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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!
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Pain, Penance, and Protest | British history 1066-1450
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April 2, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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...
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Very excited to be speaking at this workshop!
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:
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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...
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March 5, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Very excited to be speaking at this workshop!
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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' 🦹♀️
In court she 'licked' (slapped?) her accuser, spat on the magistrate's seat & refused to give any name but 'Mary Cut-&-Come-Again' 🦹♀️
March 1, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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' 🦹♀️
In court she 'licked' (slapped?) her accuser, spat on the magistrate's seat & refused to give any name but 'Mary Cut-&-Come-Again' 🦹♀️
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...
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January 31, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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
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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
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...
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January 16, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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
Chloe Challender discusses the sanitary provisions provided for women in the Palace of Westminster during the 19th century. Find out more: ow.ly/bz7h50QqiQ2
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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-...
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January 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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-...
Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/f-adebisi-...
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January 3, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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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...
December 14, 2023 at 5:14 PM
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...
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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.
December 12, 2023 at 9:41 AM
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.
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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...
November 6, 2023 at 11:03 AM
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...
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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-...
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November 15, 2023 at 8:47 PM
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-...
www.routledge.com/English-Law-...
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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.
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November 13, 2023 at 2:48 PM
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...
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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
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November 10, 2023 at 3:21 AM
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
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'Under the colour of conjuring' - a new post on frauds, fakes, and magic in the Court of Star Chamber. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2023/10/31/c...
Conjuring and Counterfeits in the Court of Star Chamber (1605)
What happened when an alleged sorcercer appeared in Star Chamber?
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October 31, 2023 at 9:52 AM
'Under the colour of conjuring' - a new post on frauds, fakes, and magic in the Court of Star Chamber. legalhistorymiscellany.com/2023/10/31/c...