Singlewomen in the European past, 1250-1800 / edited by Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide.

Other author Bennett, Judith M.
Other author Froide, Amy M.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Descriptionvi, 352 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Single women--Europe. --History.
Single women--Europe. --Social conditions.
Single women--Europe. --Economic conditions.
Sex role--Europe. --History.

Contents A singular past / Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide -- Singlewomen in medieval and early modern Europe: the demographic perspective / Maryanne Kowaleski -- "It is not good that [wo]man should be alone": elite responses to singlewomen in high medieval Paris / Sharon Farmer -- Single by law and custom / Susan Mosher Stuard -- Sex and the singlewoman / Ruth Mazo Karras -- Transforming maidens: singlewomen's stories in Marie de France's Lais and later French courtly narratives / Roberta L. Krueger -- Having her own smoke: employment and independence for singlewomen in Germany, 1400-1750 / Merry E. Wiesner -- Singlewomen in early modern Venice: Communities and opportunities / Monica Chojnacka -- Marital status as a category of difference: singlewomen and widows in early modern England / Amy M. Froide -- The Sapphic strain: English lesbians in the long eighteenth century / Margaret R. Hunt -- Singular politics: the rise of the British nation and the production of the old maid / Susan S. Lanser.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98035172
ISBN0812234642 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0812216687 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ800.2 .S59 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold