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Record Number:
5731
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Klassen , John M.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Challenge of Marriage through the Eyes of a Fifteenth Century Noble Woman
Source:
Husitství-Reformace-Renesance. Sborník K 60. narozeninám Frantis?ka S?mahela. Edited by Jaroslav Pánek, Miloslav Polívka, and Noemi Rejchrtová in collaboration with Jaroslav Boubín and Jaroslav LáníkPráce Historického Ústavu Cav Opera Instituti Historici Pragae. Historicky ustav, 1994. Pages 649 - 660.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Bohemia
Dowries
Family
Husbands
Letters
Marriage
Noble Women
Perchta of Rozmberk, Wife of John Lichtenstejn
Sexuality
Wives
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Eastern Europe
Century:
15
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Abstract:
Perchta of Rozmberk's (1429-1476) correspondence offers a look into the soul of an individual woman as well as into the dynamics of late medieval aristocratic marriage. Finding herself a virtual captive in a disastrous marriage, she took control over her own fate by writing a stream of letters to her father and brothers. In the process she describes her unhappiness and reflects the expectations a woman had for personal respect, love and sexual relations in marriage. Her letters also illustrate how affection between daughter and father, and sister and brothers eventually influenced the males to reduce political and material goals in marriage strategies and pay more attention to the wishes of the daughter or sister. [Abstract submitted by the author to the Medieval Feminist Index.]
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Author's Affiliation:
Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1994.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
8085268337