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The measure of woman : law and female identity in the crown of Aragon /

Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelleher, Marie A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards.
Notas:OldControl:muse9780812205343.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (217 pages) : map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
ISBN:9780812205343
0812205340