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Record Number:
7308
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Farmer , Sharon.
Contributor(s):
Title:
It is not good that [wo]man should be alone: Elite Responses to Singlewomen in High Medieval Paris [because both clerical and lay elites expected women to submit to male authority, whether that of a husband or of a male cleric, single women are ignored].
Source:
Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800. Edited by Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Pages 82 - 105.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Charity
Male Authority
Paris
Single Women
Work
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
13- 14
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Author's Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0812234642