Women in medieval society / Brenda M. Bolton ... [et al.] ; edited, with an introd., by Susan Mosher Stuard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bolton, Brenda.

Stuard, Susan Mosher.

Series:

Middle Ages.

The Middle ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Women.

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Social history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early medieval women exercised public roles, rights, and responsibilities. Women contributed through their labor to the welfare of the community. Women played an important part in public affairs. They practiced birth control through abortion and infanticide. Women committed crimes and were indicted. They owned property and administered estates. The drive toward economic growth and expansion abroad rested on the capacity of women to staff and manage economic endeavors at home. In the later Middle Ages, the social position of women altered significantly, and the reasons why the role of women in society tended to become more restrictive are examined in these essays.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Land, Family, and Women in Continental Europe, 701-1200

Infanticide in the Early Middle Ages

Women in Reconquest Castile: The Fueros of Sepulveda and Cuenca

Marriage and Divorce in the Prankish Kingdom

The Female Felon in Fourteenth- Century England

Mulieres Sanctae

Widow and Ward: The Feudal Law of Child Custody in Medieval England

Dowries and Kinsmen in Early Renaissance Venice

Women in Charter and Statute Law: Medieval Ragusa/Dubrovnik

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781283890359

1283890356

9780812207675

081220767X

9780585127385

0585127387

OCLC:

979577219