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Record Number:
12560
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Herlihy , David.
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Title:
Women's Work in the Towns of Traditional Europe [The author argues that women lost status in the urban economies between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries; he suggests four factors that drove this change: urbanization, capitalization, saturated markets, and monopolization].
Source:
Women, Family, and Society in Medieval Europe: Historical Essays, 1978-1991. Edited by David Herlihy. Berghahn Books, 1995. Pages 69 - 95. The article was originally published in La donna nell' economia. Secc. XIII-XVIII. Atti della "Ventunesima Settimana di Studix" 10-15 aprile 1989, a cura di Simonetta Cavaciocchi. Le Monnier,1990. 103-130.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
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Cities and Towns
Economics
Guilds
Paris
Taxation
Work
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Geographic Area:
France;General
Century:
13- 14- 15
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Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
1571810242