Women in medieval society /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
1976.
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| Series: | Middle Ages series.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhhbn |
| Abstract: | Early medieval women exercised public roles, rights, and responsibilities. Women contributed through their labor to the welfare of the community. Women played an important part in public affairs. They practiced birth control through abortion and infanticide. Women committed crimes and were indicted. They owned property and administered estates. The drive toward economic growth and expansion abroad rested on the capacity of women to staff and manage economic endeavors at home. In the later Middle Ages, the social position of women altered significantly, and the reasons why the role of women in society tended to become more restrictive are examined in these essays. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (219 pages) : graphs |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585127387 9780585127385 9780812207675 081220767X 9780812210880 0812210883 9780812277081 0812277082 |