Daughters of London : inheriting opportunity in the late Middle Ages /

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From an examination of medieval London's Husting wills, Daughters of London offers a new framework for considering urban women's experiences as daughters. The wills reveal daughters equipped with economic opportunities through bequests of real estate and movable property.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staples, Kate Kelsey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Later medieval Europe ; v. 8.
Temas:
To 1500
Women > England > London > History > To 1500.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > England > London.
Marital property > England > London.
Inheritance and succession > England > London.
Femmes > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Biens matrimoniaux > Angleterre > Londres.
Successions et héritages > Angleterre > Londres.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Inheritance and succession
Marital property
Social conditions
Women
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
England > Social conditions > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 1066-1485.
England
England > London
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Urban daughters, their opportunities, and London wills
  • Testators and their influence in late medieval London
  • Prospects of power : inheriting real estate and real opportunity
  • Envisioning daughters' lives through movable legacies
  • Reinterpreting daughters' economic power in late medieval London.

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