Professor Stuard collects here a set of her articles on women and gender in the Middle Ages, beginning with her first, published in 1975. The first section, on marriage, opens with an exploration of the Ragusa/Dubrovnik archives, reaches out to consider patterns of gift-giving at marriage and of consumption. The second section focuses on slavery, specifically women destined for domestic service. The final parts contain historiographical surveys of the field of women and gender studies, and three biographical studies.
| ISBN: | 9780754669135 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2010 |
| Author: | Susan Mosher Stuard |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies Series |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology European history |