Women, production, and patriarchy in late medieval cities / Martha C. Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Martha C.

Series:

Women in culture and society.

Women in culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Europe, Northern--History.

Women.

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

Patriarchy--Europe, Northern--History.

Patriarchy.

Cities and towns, Medieval.

Physical Description:

xv, 285 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this bold reinterpretation of Women's changing labor status during the late medieval and early modern period, Martha C. Howell argues that women's work was the product of the intersection of two systems, one cultural and one economic. Howell shows forcefully that patriarchal family structure, not capitalist development per se, was a decisive factor in determining women's work. Women could enjoy high labor status if they worked within a family production unit or if their labor did not interfere with their domestic responsibilities or threaten male control of a craft or trade.

Contents:

pt. 1. Women's work in medieval cities of Northern Europe

pt. 2. Empirical studies : Leiden and Cologne

pt. 3. Points of intersection.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 261-277.

ISBN:

9786612189241

9781282189249

1282189247

9780226355061

0226355063

OCLC:

435630960

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01495 hdl