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Women and authority in early modern Spain : the peasants of Galicia / Allyson M. Poska.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poska, Allyson M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women peasants--Spain--Galicia (Region)--History.
- Women peasants.
- Peasants--Spain--Galicia (Region)--Social conditions.
- Peasants.
- Peasants--Spain--Galicia (Region)--Economic conditions.
- Galicia (Spain : Region)--Rural conditions.
- Galicia (Spain : Region).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Using a wide array of archival documentation, including Inquisition records, wills, dowry contracts, folklore, and court cases, Poska examines how early modern Spanish peasant women asserted and perceived their authority within the family and community and how the large numbers of female-headed households in the region functioned in the absence of men.
- Contents:
- Introduction: gendering peasant society
- Women without men
- Single women and property
- Sex and the single woman
- 'A married man is a woman': gender tensions in Galician marriages
- Widowhood
- Modelling female authority
- Beyond finisterre.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0191514748
- 9780191514746
- OCLC:
- 476259029
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