PT107.S2.P4.Q25

PrepTest 107 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 25

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P1

Until about 1970, anyone who wanted to write a comprehensive history of medieval English law as it actually affected women would have found a dearth of published books or articles concerned with specific legal topics relating to women and derived from extensive research in actual court records. ████ ██ █ ███████ ███████████ █████ █████ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ██████████ ██ ███████████ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████ █████ ███

Problem · Lack of records-based research on how medieval English law affected women
Court records an important resource on real-world impacts of law on women
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Contrast · court records against other research sources
Other sources (treatises, commentaries, statutes) show how the law was intended or believed to affect women, but do not show actual outcomes
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Possible solution · Quantitative studies of court cases
Reinforce problem: few such studies exist
P2

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Reason for problem · Large number of lengthy, untranslated records in Latin and old French
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Author's perspective · on real reason for problem
Few legal historians are interested specifically in women's history as it relates to the law
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Implications of problem · Incomplete knowledge of how medieval English law affected women
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25.

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a

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Stated. The “latter questions” are how the law was intended to affect women or thought to affect women.

68%
b

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No support concerning “the overall effectiveness of English law in the medieval period.” Look at the “latter questions” – neither of these involve the overall effectiveness.

15%
c

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No support concerning the probability that a woman would win a legal case. Just look at “the latter questions” – neither of these relate to the probability a woman would win a legal case.

5%
d

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No support concerning whether male relatives could prevent women from exercising legal rights. Just look at “the latter questions” – neither of these relate to the male relatives.

3%
e

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No support concerning whether certain rights were guaranteed only to men. Just look at “the latter questions” – neither of these relate to men and their rights.

9%

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