Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3262
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hurwich , Judith J.
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  • Title: Marriage Strategy Among the German Nobility, 1400-1699 [argues that men of lower rank married women of higher rank].
  • Source: Journal of Interdisciplinary History 29, 2 (Autumn 1998): Pages 169 - 195.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Marriage Nobility Social Class
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 15- 16- 17
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  • Table: Three tables and nine graphs. Table One Proportions of sons and daughters marrying, 1400-1699. TableTwo Social status of the spouses of counts and barons. TableThree Rank of spouses of sons and daughters, 1400-1699. Graph One Proportion of sons and daughters marrying. Graph Two Rank of the spouses of sons. Graph Three Rank of the spouses of daughters. Graph Four For Catholics the proportion of sons and daughters marrying. Graph Six Rank of the spouses of sons for Catholics. Graph Seven Rank of the spouses of daughters for Catholics. Graph Eight Rank of the spouses of Sons for Protestants. Graph Nine Rank of the spouses of daughters for Protestants.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Hackley School
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00221953