Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent
Nonfiction, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | S. Hutton | ISBN: | 9780230118706 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | April 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Hutton |
| ISBN: | 9780230118706 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | April 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.
Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.
