ISBN:
9780203435939
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (321 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
DDC:
305.42/0942
Keywords:
Geschichte 1580-1720
;
Frau
;
Erbrecht
;
Besitz
;
England
Abstract:
This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a scale previously unrecognised. Her complex and fascinating research, which contrasts the written laws with the actual practice, completely revises the traditional picture of women's economic status in pre-industrial England. Women and Property is essential reading for anyone interested in women, law and the past.
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