Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent
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Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent

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Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent

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Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century andthat women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.

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Year
2011
ISBN
9780230118706

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Urban Context
  10. 2 Activity and Continuity: Patterns of Women’s Economic Participation
  11. 3 “Her and All Her Property”: Gender and Property Transactions
  12. 4 Webs of Credit and Circulation of Wealth
  13. 5 Married Partners and Single Women as Producers and Sellers
  14. 6 The Changing Fortunes of the Burgher and Patrimonial Constructions
  15. Conclusion
  16. Notes
  17. Select Bibliography
  18. Index