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Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy

Women in York and Yorkshire c.1300-1520

Bibliographic Data

ID23398453
AuthorsP J P Goldberg (corresponding author)
Year1992
Pages406
Publication date1992-01-10
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWomen, work, and life cycle in a Medieval economy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201540.001.0001
OpenAlexW2499674862
Open LibraryOL1710358M
ISBN9780198201540
LanguageEN
Citations received88

This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and Yorkshire, but also utilizes evidence from other parts of England and continental Europe. The book explores the role of women in the economy and the part that marriage played in their lives. Importantly, it challenges the Wrigley and Schofield thesis of nuptiality: the analysis of the demography of marriage demonstrates that in late medieval Yorkshire, women participated strongly in the labour force, deferring marriage or avoiding it entirely.

Economics · Economy · Geography · Sociology · Work (physics) · Engineering · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · 1066-1485 · 500-1500 · Economic conditions · England · Great britain · Marriage · Middle ages · Middle Ages, 500-1500 · Social conditions · Women · York · Yorkshire

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