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Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent 1st ed. 2011 Edition
Author(s): S. Hutton (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 24 Mar. 2011
- Edition: 1st ed. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 134928940X
- ISBN-13: 9781349289400
Book Description
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 and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.
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About the Author
SHENNAN HUTTON Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis, USA.
