Between Poverty and the Pyre
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Between Poverty and the Pyre

Moments in the History of Widowhood

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Between Poverty and the Pyre

Moments in the History of Widowhood

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Between Poverty and the Pyre examines the history of the experience of widowhood across different cultures. It brings together a collection of essays by historians, anthropologists and philologists. The book shows how difficult it is to define the 'typical' widow, as the experiences of these women have differed so widely, not simply because of their different time periods and locations, but also becuase of their varying legal and religious status and economic conditions.
The study is diverse with subjects ranging from:
*Hindu wives who followed their husbands to the pyre
*widows who were burned as witches
*and widows who had to become prostitutes to stay alive.
The book also explores Jesus's interest in widows and the experience of some well-known widows, such as Mohammed's first wife.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
9781134888825
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  6. PREFACE
  7. EDITORS’ NOTE
  8. 1 WIDOWS’ WORLDS: REPRESENTATIONS AND REALITIES
  9. 2 THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE WIDOW IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
  10. 3 PAUPER OR PATRONESS: THE WIDOW IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
  11. 4 WIDOWS IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
  12. 5 WIDOWS AND THE LAW: THE LEGAL POSITION OF WIDOWS IN THE DUTCH REPUBLIC DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
  13. PLATES
  14. 6 ‘EUROPEAN’ WIDOWS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES: THEIR LEGAL AND SOCIAL POSITION
  15. 7 WOMEN WITHOUT MEN: WIDOWS AND SPINSTERS IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  16. 8 NOBLE WIDOWS BETWEEN FORTUNE AND FAMILY
  17. 9 THE ULTIMATE JOURNEY: SATI AND WIDOWHOOD IN INDIA
  18. 10 WIDOWS IN ISLAM
  19. 11 WIDOWS HIDDEN FROM VIEW: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MOURNING DRESS AMONG DUTCH WIDOWS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  20. 12 WIDOWS IN WESTERN HISTORY: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY