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Gender, Law and Economic Well-Being in Europe from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century - North versus South? (Paperback)
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Gender, Law and Economic Well-Being in Europe from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century - North versus South? (Paperback)
Series: Gender and Well-Being
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This book offers a comparative perspective on Northern and Southern
European laws and customs concerning women's property and economic
rights. By focusing on both Northern and Southern European
societies, these studies analyse the consequences of different
juridical frameworks and norms on the development of the economic
roles of men and women. This volume is divided into three parts.
The first, Laws, presents general outlines related to some European
regions; the second, Family strategies or marital economies?,
questions the potential conflict between the economic interests of
the married couple and those of the lineage within the nobility;
finally, the third part of the book, Inside the urban economy,
focuses on economic and work activities of middle and lower classes
in the urban environment. The assorted and rich panorama offered by
the history of the legislation on women's economic rights shows
that similarities and differences run through Europe in such a way
that the North/South model looks very stereotyped. While this
approach calls into question classical geographical and cultural
maps and well-established chronologies, it encourages a
reconsideration of European history according to a cross-boundaries
perspective. By drawing on a wide range of social, economic and
cultural European contexts, from the late medieval to early modern
age to the nineteenth century, and including the middle and lower
classes (especially artisans, merchants and traders) as well as the
economic practices and norms of the upper middle class and
aristocracy, this book will be of interest to economic and social
historians, sociologists of health, gender and sexuality, and
economists.
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