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Women, Dowries and Agency: Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Valencia
Dana Wessell Lightfoot
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Paperback. Examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustration, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 303.
This book examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage. Through the use of notarial records and civil court cases, it argues that the socio-economic and immigrant status of these women greatly enhanced their ability to exercise agency not only in choosing a spouse and gathering dotal assets, but also in controlling this property after they wed. Although the prevailing legal code in Valencia appeared to give wives little authority over these assets, court records demonstrate that they were still able to negotiate a measure of control. In these actions, ... Read more
This book examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage. Through the use of notarial records and civil court cases, it argues that the socio-economic and immigrant status of these women greatly enhanced their ability to exercise agency not only in choosing a spouse and gathering dotal assets, but also in controlling this property after they wed. Although the prevailing legal code in Valencia appeared to give wives little authority over these assets, court records demonstrate that they were still able to negotiate a measure of control. In these actions, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Gender in History
Condition
New
Weight
303 g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526106650
SKU
V9781526106650
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About Dana Wessell Lightfoot
Dana Wessell Lightfoot is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia -- .
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