Widowhood in early modern Spain : protectors, proprietors, and patrons /

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Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fink De Backer, Stephanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 40.
Temas:
1500-1599
Widowhood > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows > Spain > Toledo > Social conditions > 16th century.
Social role > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows > Legal status, laws, etc. > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows in literature > History.
Veuvage > Espagne > Tolède > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Veuves > Espagne > Tolède > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Rôle social > Espagne > Tolède > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Veuves dans la littérature > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Manners and customs
Social role
Widowhood
Widows in literature
Widows > Legal status, laws, etc.
Widows > Social conditions
Spain > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Espagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 16e siècle.
Spain
Spain > Toledo
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Widows and the literary imagination
  • Subjects of counsel
  • Objects of desire
  • Sex in the city
  • To her alone pertains the governance of all her house (Gaspar Astete)
  • Master and mistress of the household
  • Father and mother of their children
  • A widow's work is never done
  • Worthy recipients and pious donors
  • Widowhood, poverty, and charity
  • Family, memory, and the sacralization of urban space
  • Coda. The strange case of a wicked and cruel woman.

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