Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004203143
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Content:
Preliminary Material /K. K. Staples -- Chapter One. Urban Daughters, Their Opportunities, And London Wills /K. K. Staples -- Chapter Two. Testators And Their Influence In Late Medieval London /K. K. Staples -- Chapter Three. Prospects Of Power: Inheriting Real Estate And Real Opportunity /K. K. Staples -- Chapter Four. Envisioning Daughters’ Lives Through Movable Legacies /K. K. Staples -- Chapter Five. Reinterpreting Daughters’ Economic Power In Late Medieval London /K. K. Staples -- Appendix One. Testators /K. K. Staples -- Appendix Two. Recipients /K. K. Staples -- Bibliography /K. K. Staples -- Index /K. K. Staples.
Content:
In historical records, women appear as widows, sometimes as wives or singlewomen, but one thing they had in common was they all were daughters. Through an examination of the Husting wills, Kate Staples focuses on daughters in the late medieval capital and their chances to own, rent, and manage property. These daughters were provided opportunities to be active economic agents in a world often described as hostile to women. Daughters of London also considers parents’ influence through their bequests to daughters and the visualization of daughters’ household spaces that these bequests allow. By focusing on daughterhood, and particularly urban daughters’ experiences of inheritance, we can refocus the lens through which we see and understand women’s lives in the medieval past
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203112
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004203117
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203143
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004203112
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004203112.i-210
