Tim Haskett, University of Victoria
Assistant Professor Department of History Victoria, British Columbia thaskett@uvic.ca
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A particular interest is canon law and English common law, both the history of law, legal insitutions and jurisprudence, and the social history of courts. Emphasis is on the utilization of court records to advance understanding of the court process and the ways in which conflict and resolution pl...
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Bio/Research
A particular interest is canon law and English common law, both the history of law, legal insitutions and jurisprudence, and the social history of courts. Emphasis is on the utilization of court records to advance understanding of the court process and the ways in which conflict and resolution played a role in the ways people ordered their lives.
An especially important aspect of this work is the history of the family, marriage, women, children and the elderly. Research in manuscript records is both part of these interests and a field in its own right. The study of documents is central to this, and not only the details of the records themselves, but study of the literate culture that used them and the professional culture that produced them.
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An especially important aspect of this work is the history of the family, marriage, women, children and the elderly. Research in manuscript records is both part of these interests and a field in its own right. The study of documents is central to this, and not only the details of the records themselves, but study of the literate culture that used them and the professional culture that produced them.
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