Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1998
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Ruiz , Teófilo E.
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  • Title: Women, Work and Daily Life in Late Medieval Castile [The author analyzes conditions both in urban and rural Castile, looking in particular at the peasantry and at the artisan class].
  • Source: Women at Work in Spain: From the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times.  Edited by Marilyn Stone and Carmen Benito-Vessels.  Peter Lang, 1998.  Pages 101 - 120.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Castile Economics Land Tenure Property Work
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Table: Four Tables. Table One Sellers of Land by sex. Sellers also categorized as ecclesiastical or secular with subcategories for single females, couples, families, and groups. Table Two Leasing of land by women, 1220-1360. Table Three Rentals by women, 1220 - 1360 (A sample). Includes the terms of the lease. Table Four Women paying taxes in the village of Piedraportún around 1300.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Brooklyn College, City University of New York
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0820436704