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Record Number:
2451
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Howell , Martha.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Rewriting Marriage in Late Medieval Douai [from emphasis on the conjugal pair to the interests of the next generation].
Source:
Romanic Review 86, 2 (March 1995): Pages 307 - 337. Special issue: The Production of Knowledge: Institutionalizing Sex, Gender, and Sexualiity in Medieval Discourse. Ed. by Kathryn Gravdal.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Douai, Nord, France
Dowries
Family
Gender
Husbands
Inheritance
Law
Marriage
Marriage Contracts
Social History
Widows
Wives
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
15- 16
Primary Evidence:
Marriage Contract; Archives Municipales de Douai. Ravestissements par letter- Written donations which guaranteed full and absolute succession rights to survivors of infertile marriages. Marriage Contracts- Modified marital property relations and succession.
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Author's Affiliation:
Columbia University
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00358118