Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2601
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hatcher , John.
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  • Title: Debate: "Women's Work Reconsidered: Gender and Wage Differentiation in Late Medieval England" [The author responds to Sandy Bardsley's article "Women's Work Reconsidered," "Past and Present," 165 (November 1999): 3-29. He argues that differences in wage rates for men and women in agricultural work was based on some men's greater strength and height. Furthermore he suggests that the weight of custom was less heavy in rural labor markets where women's work was needed and valued. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Past and Present 173, (November 2001): Pages 191 - 202.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article;Response
  • Subject (See Also): Agriculture Economics Gender Peasantry Wages Work Yorkshire, East Riding, England
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00312746