Urban daughters, their opportunities, and London wills -- Testators and their influence in late medieval London -- Prospects of power : inheriting real estate and real opportunity -- Envisioning daughters' lives through movable legacies -- Reinterpreting daughters' economic power in late medieval London
Summary
From an examination of medieval London's Husting wills, Daughters of London offers a new framework for considering urban women's experiences as daughters. The wills reveal daughters equipped with economic opportunities through bequests of real estate and movable property