Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1512
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Cavallo , Sandra and Lyndan Warner
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  • Title: Part One Defining Widowhood: Introduction [brief overview of relevant topics including stereotypes, remarriage, inheritance, children, the Church, and loneliness and poverty].
  • Source: Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.  Edited by Sandra Cavallo and Lyndan Warner.  Women and Men in History. Longman, 1999.  Pages 3 - 23.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Widowers Widows
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: General
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  • Author's Affiliation: Royal Halloway, University of London, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0582317479