Title High-ranking widows in medieval Iceland and Yorkshire : property, power, marriage and identity in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries / by Philadelphia Ricketts

Published Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 492 pages) Series The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 49 Northern world ; v. 49. 1569-1462 Contents List of Diagrams and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Sources; Chapter Three Property and Marriage: The Laws; Chapter Four Property; Chapter Five Remarriage; Chapter Six Power; Chapter Seven Identity; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Appendices; Genealogies; Bibliography; Index Summary Through the juxtaposition of legal theory and practice and the utilization of detailed family reconstruction, a comparison of the property, remarriage and identity of widows in two fundamentally different societies provides a fresh approach Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Widows -- Iceland -- History -- To 1500 Widows -- England -- Yorkshire -- History -- To 1500 Aristocracy (Social class) -- Iceland -- History -- To 1500 Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Yorkshire -- To 1500 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family. Aristocracy (Social class) Widows England -- Yorkshire Iceland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004189478 9004189475 1283039230 9781283039239

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