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This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a scale previously unrecognised. Her complex and fascinating research, which contrasts the written laws with the actual practice, completely revises the traditional picture of women's economic status in pre-industrial England. Women and Property is essential reading for anyone interested in women, law and the past.
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Women and Property in Early Modern England, Amy Louise Erickson
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- Women and Property in Early Modern England
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Amy Louise Erickson
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0415062675
- ISBN13
- 9780415062671
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, History, Legal Topics, Women, Sociology, England, Great Britain, Europe, History of Europe, Social History, Economic History, Wales, Social Conditions, Property, Ownership
- Description
- This ground-breaking book reveals the economic reality of ordinary women between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. Drawing on little-known sources, Amy Louise Erickson reconstructs day-to-day lives, showing how women owned, managed and inherited property on a scale previously unrecognised. Her complex and fascinating research, which contrasts the written laws with the actual practice, completely revises the traditional picture of women's economic status in pre-industrial England. Women and Property is essential reading for anyone interested in women, law and the past.