Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3104
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Devroey , Jean-Pierre.
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  • Title: Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence [the author takes issue with Susan Stuard's article "Ancillary Evidence for the Decline of Medieval Slavery" in Past and Present 149 (November 1995): 3-28; he argues that the unfree had obligations to their masters but were not in total subjection; the "ancilla" was more likely to suffer sexual abuse but that "was not determined by the juridical status of the women" page 30].
  • Source: Past and Present 166, (February 2000): Pages 3 - 30.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Agriculture Ancilla (Latin: Woman Slave) Economics Gender Serfs Slaves Stuard, Susan Mosher, Historian (1935- )
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 9
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  • Author's Affiliation: Free University, Brussels
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  • Year of Publication: 2000.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00312746