Daughters of London [electronic resource] : inheriting opportunity in the late Middle Ages / by Kate Kelsey Staples.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staples, Kate Kelsey.

Series:

Later medieval Europe ; v. 8.

Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--England--London--History--To 1500.

Women.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--England--London.

Marital property--England--London.

Marital property.

Inheritance and succession--England--London.

Inheritance and succession.

England--Social conditions--To 1500.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In historical records, women appear as widows, sometimes as wives or singlewomen, but one thing they had in common was they all were daughters. Through an examination of the Husting wills, Kate Staples focuses on daughters in the late medieval capital and their chances to own, rent, and manage property. These daughters were provided opportunities to be active economic agents in a world often described as hostile to women. Daughters of London also considers parents’ influence through their bequests to daughters and the visualization of daughters’ household spaces that these bequests allow. By focusing on daughterhood, and particularly urban daughters’ experiences of inheritance, we can refocus the lens through which we see and understand women’s lives in the medieval past

Contents:

Urban daughters, their opportunities, and London wills

Testators and their influence in late medieval London

Prospects of power : inheriting real estate and real opportunity

Money and spoons : movable legacies

Reinterpreting daughters' economic power in late medieval London.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12102-6

9786613121028

90-04-20314-1

OCLC:

729755227

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004203112.i-210 DOI