Propertied Women's Economic Agency in Norway C. 1400-1550.
"In this first comprehensive study of women as economic actors in medieval Norway, Susann Anett Pedersen analyses the economic agency of unmarried heiresses, wives and widows c.1400-1550. Drawing onsources such as sales contracts and private letter correspondence, the book investigates elite wo...
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| Superior document: | The Northern World Series ; v.95 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Northern World Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
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| Summary: | "In this first comprehensive study of women as economic actors in medieval Norway, Susann Anett Pedersen analyses the economic agency of unmarried heiresses, wives and widows c.1400-1550. Drawing onsources such as sales contracts and private letter correspondence, the book investigates elite women's formal and informal roles in decision making processes and their ability to make independent economic choices. In particular, the book stresses the importance of looking beyond the legal regulation of women's economic activities and rather analyses women's own actions, in order to better grasp the complexity of their economic agency"-- |
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| ISBN: | 900454786X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |