Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5072
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  • Title: Marriage, Family, and Patriarchy in Douai, 1350-1600 [The author explores the variety of documentary sources available in Douai for understanding gender differences in marriage and inheritance. Over the time span under consideration, maritalm property arrangements changed from favoring the couple to protecting the lineage. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Marriage and Social Mobility in the Late Middle Ages/Marriage et mobilité sociale au bas moyen-âge. Handelingen van het colloquieum gehouden te Gent op 18 april 1988.  Edited by W. PrevenierStudia Historica Gandensia.  Department of History of the Arts Faculty of the University of Gent, 1992.  Pages 7 - 39. Second printing, revised and corrected by the editor
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Charters and Diplomatics Douai, Nord, France Economics Gender Inheritance Law Marriage Patriarchy Property
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 14- 15- 16
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available