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Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain (Paperback, New edition)
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Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain (Paperback, New edition)
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This volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval
Britain based on literary and historical sources from the seventh
to the fifteenth centuries. The book is divided into two parts: the
first deals with the Anglo-Saxon period, the second with the
Medieval period. Because widows shared certain pre-occupations
specific to their status, the two parts deal with similar topics:
the fundamental role played by the Church in the doctrine of
marriage, and the dominant male discourse about widows. Widows had
a specific legal status: special laws affected their lives and
their relationships with their children and other relatives. Much
attention is consequently devoted to family structures and to the
legal and social aspects of inheritance. The volume also explores
the various options widowhood offered and the highly debated degree
of independence widows had in their life choices.
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