| Description |
x, 221 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in medieval and early modern civilization |
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Studies in medieval and early modern civilization.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Widows and remarriage: moral conflicts and their resolution in classical canon law / James A. Brundage--Fifteenth-century widows and widowhood: bereavement, reintegration, and life choices / Joel T. Rosenthal--Rationabilis dos: Magna Carta and the widow's "fair share" in the earlier thirteenth century / Janet Senderowitz Loengard--Litigation as personal quest: suing for dower in the royal courts, circa 1272-1350 / Sue Sheridan Walker--Widows of war: Edward I and the women of Scotland during the War of Independence / Cynthia J. Neville--Remarriage as an option for urban and rural widows in late medieval England / Barbara A. Hanawalt--Married women's wills in later medieval England / Richard H. Helmholz--Female plaintiffs in marriage cases in the court of York in the later Middle Ages: what can we learn from the numbers? / Charles Donahue, Jr. |
| Subject |
Husband and wife -- England -- History.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History.
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Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History.
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Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
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England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485.
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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| Added Author |
Walker, Sue Sheridan.
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| ISBN |
0472104152 |
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