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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Staples, Kate Kelsey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Later medieval Europe ; v. 8.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004203112
9004203117
9789004203143
9004203141

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