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Women and authority in early modern Spain : the peasants of Galicia / Allyson M. Poska

Poska, Allyson M.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

1 online resource (vi, 271 p.)

Englisch

Druckausg.: Women and authority in early modern Spain / Poska, Allyson M. [GNDNR:1057046469]

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Poska, Allyson, Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia] / Grace E. Coolidge, 2008

978-0-19-170876-3

OCoLC: 604722066     

OCoLC: 604722066 (aus SWB)     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199265312.001.0001

NW 8100      Ähnliche Literatur

305.482409461

Basisklassifikation: 15.66 (Spanien; Portugal) <Geschichte> ; 71.33 (Frau) <Soziologie>

*Galicien ; Bäuerin ; Sozialgeschichte 1500-1700     Zum Register

*Spanien ; Ländlicher Raum ; Frau ; Sozialgeschichte 1500-1700      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Women peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- History ; Peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- Social conditions ; Peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- Economic conditions

Allyson Poska examines the social and economic significance of the peasant women of Galicia, using archival documentation. She focuses on how the women perceived and asserted their authority within the family and how a large number of female-headed households functioned in the absence of men.