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.
| ISBN: | 9780230104952 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2011 |
| Author: | Shennan Hutton |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history European history: medieval period, middle ages Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Gender studies, gender groups European history |