Women in the Medieval English Countryside
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Women in the Medieval English Countryside by Bennett
In this book, Judith Bennett addresses the gap in our knowledge of medieval country women by examining how their lives differed from those of rural men. Drawing on her study of an English manor in the early fourteenth century, she finds that rural women were severely restricted in their public roles and rights primarily because of their household status as dependents of their husbands, rather than because of a notion of female inferiority. Adolescent women and widows, by virtue of their unmarried status, enjoyed greater legal and public freedom than their married counterparts.
'The analysis is sensitive, and the judgements sensible.. we can appreciate the useful contribution that this book makes to the history both of women and of medieval society' Christopher Dyer, History 'meticulously researched and elegantly argued book' Merry E. Wiesner, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Social History
Judith M. Bennett is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. She is the author of numerous books, including Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 and Women in the Medieval English Countryside: Gender and Household in Brigstock Before the Plague. She is coeditor, with Amy M. Froide, of Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195045611 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195045610 |
| Title | Women in the Medieval English Countryside |
| Author | Bennett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1989-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 338 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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