Wife and widow in medieval England /
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| Imprint: | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1993. |
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| Description: | x,221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in medieval and early modern civilization |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560557 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Sue Sheridan Walker
- 1. Widows and Remarriage: Moral Conflicts and Their Resolution in Classical Canon Law / James A. Brundage
- 2. Fifteenth-Century Widows and Widowhood: Bereavement, Reintegration, and Life Choices / Joel T. Rosenthal
- 3. Rationabilis Dos: Magna Carta and the Widow's "Fair Share" in the Earlier Thirteenth Century / Janet Senderowitz Loengard
- 4. Litigation as Personal Quest: Suing for Dower in the Royal Courts, circa 1272-1350 / Sue Sheridan Walker
- 5. Widows of War: Edward I and the Women of Scotland during the War of Independence / Cynthia J. Neville
- 6. Remarriage as an Option for Urban and Rural Widows in Late Medieval England / Barbara A. Hanawalt
- 7. Married Women's Wills in Later Medieval England / Richard H. Helmholz
- 8. Female Plaintiffs in Marriage Cases in the Court of York in the Later Middle Ages: What Can We Learn from the Numbers? / Charles Donahue, Jr.