| Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Hutton, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230104959 ISBN-13: 9780230104952 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.489 |
| LCCN: 2010036771 |
| Series: New Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.97 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized. |