Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3403
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Stuard , Susan Mosher.
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  • Title: Marriage Gifts and Fashion Mischief [Susan Mosher Stuard in "Marriage Gifts and Fashion Mischief" details Italian wedding transactions, including the Lombard "male dowry," and the Roman bride's fiscal gift to her husband. She links the increasing pressure from husbands to receive liquid ass
  • Source: The Medieval Marriage Scene: Prudence, Passion, Policy.  Edited by Sherry Roush and Cristelle L. Baskins.  Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005.  Pages 169 - 185. Republished in Considering Medieval Women and Gender. Susan Mosher Stuard. Ashgate Variorum, 2010. Chapter V.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Cash Consumption Economics Fashion Inheritance Marriage Sumptuary Laws Women's Status
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 12-13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Haverford College [Emerita]
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  • Year of Publication: 2005.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0866983430