Singlewomen in the European past, 1250-1800 /
When we think about the European past, we tend to imagine villages, towns, and cities populated by conventional families--married couples and their children. Although most people did marry and pass many of their adult years in the company of a spouse, this vision of a preindustrial Europe shaped by...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknovvledgments
- 1.A Singular Past
- 2. Singlevvomen in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: The Demographic Perspective
- 3. It Is Not Good That [Wo]man Should Be None: Elite Responses to Singlevvomen in High Medieval Paris
- 4. Single by Law and Custom
- 5. Sex and the Singlevvoman
- 6. Transforming Maidens: Singlevvomen's Stories in Marie de France's Lais and Later French Courtly Narratives
- 7. Having Her Ovvn Smoke: Employment and Independence for Singlevvomen in Germany, 1400-1750
- 8. Singlevvomen in Early Modern Venice: Communities and Opportunities9. Marital Status as a Category of Difference: Singlevvomen and Widovvs in Early Modern England
- 10. The Sapphic Strain: English Lesbians in the Long Eighteenth Century
- 11. Singular Politics: The Rise of the British Nation and the Production of the Old Maid
- Appendix: Demographic Tables
- List of Contributors
- Index
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