Format:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 331 S.)
ISBN:
9789004191709
,
9004191704
Series Statement:
Medieval and early modern Iberian world 40
Note:
Widows and the literary imagination -- Subjects of counsel -- Objects of desire -- Sex in the city -- To her alone pertains the governance of all her house (Gaspar Astete) -- Master and mistress of the household -- Father and mother of their children -- A widow's work is never done -- Worthy recipients and pious donors -- Widowhood, poverty, and charity -- Family, memory, and the sacralization of urban space -- Coda. The strange case of a wicked and cruel woman
,
Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of patriarchal norms and the realities of widows daily lives to demonstrate that in Castile patriarchy did not exist as a monolithic force, which rigidly enforced an ideology of female incapacity. The extensive analysis of archival documents shows widows actively engaged in their families and communiti
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-19139-6
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 90-04-19139-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Toledo
;
Witwe
;
Sozialstatus
;
Geschichte 1500-1600
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004191396.i-331
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