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Borthwick Institute, York
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd September 2010
Sex, Violence and Religion in the Northern Province, 1300-1858
To celebrate the launch of the York Cause Papers Database, The Borthwick Institute for Archives is pleased to present a one day conference bringing together leading academics working on church court records. Topics will include the use of the cause papers in local and family history, ecclesiastical lawyers, gender and memory, storytelling in the courts, tithes, penance and marriage. There will also be an introduction to the database.
The conference is to be held on Saturday 13 November 2010 at The Berrick Saul Building, University of York.
The price for the day is £18.00 which includes refreshments and lunch. Full details can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/media/library/documents/borthwick/projects/Conference_Flyer.pdf
The York Cause Papers, records of the cases held in the church courts of the Diocese of York between 1300 and 1858, are the most extensive records of their type in the United Kingdom. For the first time detailed records of over 13,000 individual court cases covering Yorkshire and beyond are available through an on-line catalogue, for further details http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick/about-us/news/