Women and property in early modern England
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Bibliographic Information
Women and property in early modern England
（The Open University）
Routledge, 2016
- : hardback
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Women & property in early modern England
Available at 2 libraries
Note
"First published in 1993 by Routledge"--T.p. verso
"First published in paperback in 1995"--T.p. verso
"First issued in hardback 2016"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-296) and indexes
Notes: p. [241]-277
"History / women's studies"--Back cover
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Background
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Law, society and documents
- Part 2 Maids
- Chapter 3 Upbringing
- Chapter 4 Inheritance
- Chapter 5 Portions and marriage
- Part 3 Wives
- Chapter 6 The nature of marriage settlements
- Chapter 7 Marriage settlements in the Court of Chancery
- Chapter 8 Marriage settlements in probate documents
- Part 4 Widows
- Chapter 9 Widows of men who made wills
- Chapter 10 Widows of men who did not make wills
- Chapter 11 How lone women lived
- Chapter 12 Lone women's wills
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