Women and work through a comparative lens : gender and the urban labor markets of premodern Brabant and Biscay / Nena Vandeweerdt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandeweerdt, Nena, Author.

Series:

Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City dwellers--Employment--Belgium--Brabant--History.

City dwellers.

City dwellers--Employment--Spain--Vizcaya--History.

Labor market--Belgium--Brabant--History.

Labor market.

Labor market--Spain--Vizcaya--History.

Women--Employment--Belgium--Brabant--History.

Women.

Women--Employment--Spain--Vizcaya--History.

City dwellers--Employment.

Labor market--History.

Women--Employment.

Belgium.

Belgium--Brabant.

Spain.

Spain--Vizcaya.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Women played a crucial role in medieval and early modern urban economies, yet their labor opportunities greatly varied depending on local institutions. This book compares the guild-structured labor markets of Antwerp and Mechelen in Brabant with Bilbao's informal economy in Biscay during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. By analyzing these distinct institutional contexts, it offers a nuanced and multifaceted understanding of women's economic roles in premodern Europe. Drawing on a wide range of legislative and judicial sources, the author demonstrates how legal frameworks, socioeconomic structures, and individual strategies shaped women's activities in small-scale trade. By bridging institutional analysis and personal agency, Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens sheds new light on the interplay between labor organization and everyday practices in premodern Europe."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-240) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9789462704947

9462704945

OCLC:

1523252375

Publisher Number:

CIPO000303407