Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent /
Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Series: | New Middle Ages.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230118706 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230118706 |