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Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800

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Description for Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 Paperback. Despite the significant number of never-married laywomen in medieval and early modern Europe, the study of their role and position in that society has been very limited. Singlewomen in the European Past opens up this group for further investigation. Editor(s): Bennett, Judith M.; Froide, Amy M. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.

When we think about the European past, we tend to imagine villages, towns, and cities populated by conventional families—married couples and their children. Although most people did marry and pass many of their adult years in the company of a spouse, this vision of a preindustrial Europe shaped by heterosexual marriage deceptively hides the well-established fact that, in some times and places, as many as twenty-five percent of women and men remained single throughout their lives.

Despite the significant number of never-married lay women in medieval and early modern Europe, the study of their role and position in that society ... Read more

Essays by leading scholars—among them Maryanne Kowaleski, Margaret Hunt, Ruth Mazo Karras, Susan Mosher Stuard, Roberta Krueger, and Merry Wiesner—deal with topics including the sexual and emotional relationships of singlewomen, the economic issues and employment opportunities facing them, the differences between the lives of widows and singlewomen, the conflation of singlewomen and prostitutes, and the problem of female slavery. The chapters both illustrate the roles open to the singlewoman in the thirteenth through eighteenth centuries and raise new perspectives about the experiences of singlewomen in earlier times.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812216684
SKU
V9780812216684
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About Judith M. Bennett
Judith M. Bennett is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. She is the author, most recently, of History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Amy M. Froide teaches history at Miami University of Ohio. She is completing a book on singlewomen in early modern England.

Reviews for Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800
"An exemplary contribution to the history of women. . . . All of the essays pay admirable attention to the variety of unmarried women's experiences."—Choice "This collection calls our attention both to the way historians have ignored one particular group and to the costs of having done so. The essays are rich with interesting detail, balanced and nuanced in argument, ... Read more

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