Gender, Property, and Retirement Strategies in Early Modern Northwestern Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allyson M Poska (0000-0001-8410-8614, Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-325 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319900002500303 |
| OpenAlex | W2068710589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Demographic studies indicate that elderly women were a prominent part of early modern rural society. Particularly in northwestern Spain, where partible inheritance left women in control of significant property, older women played a critical role in determining not only their own elder care but intergenerational relationships and family economies as well. An examination of retirement contracts from the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain indicates that peasant women used their familial authority and wealth to ensure that they and their families would be properly cared for as they aged
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Estate · Geography · Peasant · Political science · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |