Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent
by
S. Hutton
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
0230104959
ISBN-13
9780230104952
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 2011
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
418 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 14.70 x 1.90 cms
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Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.
Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent argues that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized. Women bought, sold, sued, lent money, and contracted debts with little legal or financial oversight of men. Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women''s economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century.
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