Between poverty and the pyre moments in the history of widowhood

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 the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Van Den Bosch Bremmer Staff (corporate author)
Autor Corporativo: Van Den Bosch Bremmer Staff Corporate Author (corporate author)
Otros Autores: Bremmer, Jan N. (-), Bosch, Lourens van den, 1944-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 1995.
Edición:1st ed
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  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Editors' note; WIDOWS' WORLDS Representations and realities Marjo Buitelaar; THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE WIDOW IN ANCIENT ISRAEL Karel van der Toorn; PAUPER OR PATRONESS The widow in the Early Christian Church Jan N.Bremmer; WIDOWS IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND Rolf H.Bremmer Jr; WIDOWS AND THE LAW The legal position of widows in the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Dieneke Hempenius-van Dijk; 'EUROPEAN' WIDOWS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES Their legal and social position Heleen C.Gall
  • WOMEN WITHOUT MEN Widows and spinsters in Britain and France in the eighteenth century Olwen HuftonNOBLE WIDOWS BETWEEN FORTUNE AND FAMILY Yme Kuiper; THE ULTIMATE JOURNEYSat and widowhood in India Lourens P. van den Bosch; WIDOWS IN ISLAM Willy Jansen; WIDOWS HIDDEN FROM VIEW The disappearance of mourning dress among Dutch widows in the twentieth century Geertje van Os; WIDOWS IN WESTERN HISTORY A select bibliography Frouke Veenstra and Kirsten van der Ploeg; Index