Lady Justice’s Thresholds: Access to and Inequality in Early Modern Law Courts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the field of social history of the law, there has been a lot of recent attention for civil case law and case files in Early Modern Europe. These provide us with unique insights into tensions and forms of conflict settlement, as well as into the means of action and the lives of people who otherwise left little to no sources. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, artificial intelligence, and a resolutely comparative ...