| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Maps and Illustration; A Note on Currency and Measures; Introduction: Gendering Peasant Society; 1. Women without Men; 2. Single Women and Property; 3. Sex and the Single Woman; 4. 'A married man is a woman': Gender Tensions in Galician Marriages; 5. Widowhood; 6. Modelling Female Authority; 7. Beyond Finisterre; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Using a wide array of archival documentation, including Inquisition records, wills, dowry contracts, folklore, and court cases, Poska examines how early modern Spanish peasant women asserted and perceived their authority within the family and community and how the large numbers of female-headed households in the region functioned in the absence of men. - ;While scholars have marvelled at how accused witches, mystical nuns, and aristocratic women understood and used their wealth, power, and authority to manipulate both men and institutions, most early modern women were not privileged by money o |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- Economic conditions
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Peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- Social conditions
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Women peasants -- Spain -- Galicia (Region) -- History
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Peasants -- Economic conditions
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Peasants -- Social conditions
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Rural conditions
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Women peasants
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| SUBJECT |
Galicia (Spain : Region) -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Spain -- Galicia (Region)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191514746 |
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0191514748 |
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