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