Between poverty and the pyre : moments in the history of widowhood /

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This interdisciplinary collection of studies is the first ever to shed light on a fascinating & much neglected aspect of women's history: widows. The contributors present facets of widows' lives from religious and moral to legal obligations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bremmer, Jan N., Bosch, Lourens van den, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Temas:
Widowhood > History > Cross-cultural studies.
Veuvage > Histoire > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Widowhood
Witwe
Weduwen.
Historia.
Cultura.
Mulher e feminismo.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Editors' note; WIDOWS' WORLDS Representations and realities Marjo Buitelaar; THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE WIDOW IN ANCIENT ISRAEL Karel van der Toorn; PAUPER OR PATRONESS The widow in the Early Christian Church Jan N. Bremmer; WIDOWS IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND Rolf H. Bremmer Jr; WIDOWS AND THE LAW The legal position of widows in the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Dieneke Hempenius-van Dijk; 'EUROPEAN' WIDOWS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES Their legal and social position Heleen C. Gall.

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