English aristocratic women, 1450-1550 : marriage and family, property and careers / Barbara J. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1942- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--England--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

Women.

Upper class women--England--History.

Upper class women.

Aristocracy (Social class)--England--History.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work, based on archival research, combines a collective portrait of aristocratic women with an analysis of the particular, class-specific form of patriarchy and gender relations that flourished among the upper classes in Yorkist and early Tudor England.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Structures of Patriarchy; 2. Daughters: Wives in the Making; 3. The Arrangement of Marriage; 4. Wives: Partnership and Patriarchy; 5. Single Women and Compulsory Marriage; 6. Motherhood: Bearing and Promoting the Next Generation; 7. Widows: Women of Property and Custodians of Their Families' Futures; 8. Beyond the Household: Family and Friends, Patronage and Power; 9. Their Brilliant Careers: Aristocratic Women at the Yorkist and Early Tudor Court; Conclusion; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771279-7

0-19-028157-X

1-280-52353-0

1-4237-3634-6

0-19-803449-0

1-60129-715-7

OCLC:

62333957