UID:
almafu_9959230093202883
Format:
1 online resource (321 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-78557-7
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1-134-78558-5
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1-280-31940-2
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0-203-43593-1
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0-203-28688-X
Content:
`An impressive study.' - Germaine Greer. Amy Erickson combines legal, social and women's history in an imaginative and methodically interesting way to chart the limits and the contradictions of women as property owners.
Note:
Reprinted 1997, 2002.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; Map of places cited in the text; Introduction; Law, society and documents; Upbringing; Inheritance; Portions and marriage; The nature of marriage settlements; Marriage settlements in the Court of Chancery; Marriage settlements in probate documents; Widows of men who made wills; Widows of men who did not make wills; How lone women lived; Lone women's wills; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Name index, 1550 1750; General index;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-17724-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-13340-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203435939
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