Women, work, and life cycle in a Medieval economy women in York and Yorkshire c.1300-1520

This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and Yorkshire, but also utilizes evidence from other parts of England and continental Europe. P.J.P. Goldberg...

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Other Authors: Goldberg, P. J. P., 1958- autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press 1996
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: York and the Regional Economy in the Later Middle Ages
  • 3: Women and Work
  • 4: Servants and Servanthood
  • 5: Marriage in Town and Country
  • 6: Moving to Town
  • 7: Patterns of Cohesion and Residence
  • 8: Women, Work, and Life Cycle: A Hypothesis Explored
  • Appendix I: Probate Evidence
  • Appendix II: The Poll Taxes of 1377, 1379, and 1380-1
  • Appendix III: List of Cause Papers Consulted
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Printed Primary Sources
  • Secondary Works
  • Unpublished Theses and Papers