Women, Family and Society in Medieval Europe by David Herlihy

Women, Family and Society in Medieval Europe by David Herlihy

Some reprinted and some previously unpublished essays written by prominent American medieval historian Herlihy (1930-91) in his last years. Besides providing new information and insights into women, family, and social groups, he develops new perspectives for asking the basic questions about institut

".. qualities of careful scholarship , lucidity, and vision make this collection eminently accessible to the intelligent general reader and an extremely useful teaching text."  · The Historian

"The essays collected in this volume ... have been lovingly compiled by Herlihy's colleague ... Molho, whose introduction links the adventurous curiosity of the historian to the generosity of the man ... pleasant as well as instructive ... Students in particular will profit from accompanying an accomplished master through his restless search for new techniques and new questions to address ... a typological guide through the great document collections of late medieval Italy."  · Labor History

David Herlihy was Professor of History at Brown University, was one of the most prolific and best-known American historians of the European Middle Ages. Author of books on the history of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy, Herlihy published, in 1978, his best-known work in collaboration with Christine Klapisch-Zuber, Les Toscans et leurs familles (Translated into English in 1985, and Italian in 1988).

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ISBN 13	9781571810243
ISBN 10	1571810242
Title	Women, Family and Society in Medieval Europe
Author	David Herlihy
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Year published	1995-04-13
Number of pages	400
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