Medieval Single Women: The Politics of Social Classification in Late Medieval England - Beattie, Cordelia (Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199283415 - September 13, 2007
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Beattie, Cordelia (Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh)
Medieval Single Women: The Politics of Social Classification in Late Medieval England

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In a culture in which marriage was the desirable norm, and virginity was particularly prized in females, the categories 'virgin' and 'widow' held particular significance. This book investigates the uses of the category 'single woman'. The law gave unmarried women legal rights and responsibilities that were generally withheld from married women. The pervasiveness of religion and the law in people's day-to-day lives led to a complex interplay between moral and economicconcerns in how medieval women were seen. As a result they were marked out as 'single women' in very different contexts, and his study reveals the multiplicity of ways in which dominant cultural ideas impacted on them.

194 pages

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Released September 13, 2007
ISBN13 9780199283415
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 195
Dimensions 144 × 223 × 18 mm   ·   380 g
Language English  

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