The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, 1500-1800
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0679768181
ISBN 13
9780679768180
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Unknown
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
672
Description
How did women in 16th century western Europe cope with the consequences of being considered inherently sinful--as well as being legally and economically subordinate to their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons? What might become of a woman unable to raise a dowry? What were the difficulties faced by spinsters, single mothers, and widows? In this brilliant investigation into the lives of women from all social strata, Hufton leads us from poor-house to palazzo, from cradle to grave, illuminating what it meant to be female in western Europe during the years 1500 to 1800. - from Amzon
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