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Urban Women : Life, Love, and Work in the Medieval Low CountriesVrouwen in de Middeleeuwse Stad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haemers, Jelle.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--History.
- Women.
- Women's rights--History.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- This scholarly work explores the lives of women in the medieval Low Countries, focusing on various aspects of their social, legal, and economic roles. Edited by Jelle Haemers, Andrea Bardyn, and Chanelle Delameillieure, the book examines topics such as rights of women, marriage, professional activities, religious lives, and societal perceptions of sexuality and morality. Using both historical case studies and primary sources, the authors challenge stereotypes about medieval women, revealing their agency and influence in urban settings. The book is intended for historians, gender studies scholars, and those interested in the Middle Ages, offering a comprehensive overview of recent research in the field. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. A different history of the medieval city
- Chapter 1. From girlhood to widowhood: On the rights of women and children
- Andrea Bardyn & Jelle Haemers
- Chapter 2. Women and marriage: Choice of partner, matrimonial conflicts, and relations
- Chanelle Delameillieure
- Chapter 3. Industrious women and their life in business
- Andrea Bardyn
- Chapter 4. Pious women: Beguines and their virtuous lives together
- Kim Overlaet
- Chapter 5. Working women: women’s professional activities in and outside craft guilds
- Nena Vandeweerdt & Jelle Haemers
- Chapter 6. ‘Bad women’: Violence, crime, and rebellion
- Jelle Haemers
- Chapter 7. Eros and women: Sexuality, consent, and prostitution
- Chanelle Delameillieure & Jelle Haemers
- Conclusions. Of “wise women” and “witless men”
- Primary sources
- Literature
- About the authors Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-637-3
- 94-6166-636-5
- OCLC:
- 1513254557
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