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"In historical records, women appear as widows, sometimes as wives or singlewomen, but one thing they had in common was they all were daughters. Through an examination of the Husting wills, Kate Staples focuses on daughters in the late medieval capital and their chances to own, rent, and manage property. These daughters were provided opportunities to be active economic agents in a world often described as hostile to women. Daughters of London also considers parents' influence through their bequests to daughters and the visualization of daughters' household spaces that these bequests allow. By focusing on daughterhood, and particularly urban daughters' experiences of inheritance, we can refocus the lens through which we can see and understand women's lives in the medieval past"--Back cover

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Author

Kate Kelsey Staples, Kathryn Kelsey Staples

Publisher

Koninklijke Brill N.V.

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9789004203112

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Gender Studies