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This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary
women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on
little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day
lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a
scale previously unrecognised. Her complex and fascinating
research, which contrasts the written laws with the actual
practice, completely revises the traditional picture of women's
economic status in pre-industrial England. Women and Property is
essential reading for anyone interested in women, law and the past.
Marriage today is our prime social and legal institution.
Historically, it was also the principal economic institution. This
collection of essays offers a wealth of original research into the
economic, social and legal history of the marital partnership in
northern Europe over a 500-year period. Erickson's introduction
explores the concept of the marital economy and sketches the legal
and economic background across the region. Chapters by A...gren,
Gudrun Andersson, Agnes ArnA(3)rsdA(3)ttir, Inger DA1/4beck,
Elizabeth Ewan, Rosemarie Fiebranz, Catherine Frances, Hanne
Johansen, Ann-Catrin A-stman, Anu PylkkAnen, Hilde Sandvik and Jane
Whittle, are organized according to the three economic stages of
the marital life-cycle: forming the partnership; managing the
partnership; and dissolving the partnership. In conclusion, Michael
Roberts explores how the historical development of modern economic
theory has removed marriage from its central position at the heart
of the economy.
This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a scale previously unrecognised. Her complex and fascinating research, which contrasts the written laws with the actual practice, completely revises the traditional picture of women's economic status in pre-industrial England. Women and Property is essential reading for anyone interested in women, law and the past. eBook available with sample pages: 0203435931
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