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The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550 /

Medieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens--wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds. Based on extensive research i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howell, Martha C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1998.
Colección:Women in culture and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Money, Dates, and Names; Introduction
  • Le Libert v. Rohard; Chapter 1
  • From Custom to Contract; Chapter 2
  • The Social Context of Custom; Chapter 3
  • Legal Reform as Social Engineering; Chapter 4
  • The Social Logic
  • and Illogic
  • of Custom; Chapter 5
  • An Alternative Logic; Chapter 6
  • Living with the New; Chapter 7
  • The Weight of Experience; Chapter 8
  • The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context; Conclusion
  • Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters; Appendix A
  • The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier.