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Author Fink De Backer, Stephanie.

Title Widowhood in early modern Spain : protectors, proprietors, and patrons / by Stephanie Fink De Backer
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 331 pages)
Series The medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 40
Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 40.
Contents Widows and the literary imagination -- Subjects of counsel -- Objects of desire -- Sex in the city -- To her alone pertains the governance of all her house (Gaspar Astete) -- Master and mistress of the household -- Father and mother of their children -- A widow's work is never done -- Worthy recipients and pious donors -- Widowhood, poverty, and charity -- Family, memory, and the sacralization of urban space -- Coda. The strange case of a wicked and cruel woman
Summary Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of patriarchal norms and the realities of widows daily lives to demonstrate that in Castile patriarchy did not exist as a monolithic force, which rigidly enforced an ideology of female incapacity. The extensive analysis of archival documents shows widows actively engaged in their families and communiti
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Widowhood -- Spain -- Toledo -- History -- 16th century
Widows -- Spain -- Toledo -- Social conditions -- 16th century
Social role -- Spain -- Toledo -- History -- 16th century
Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Spain -- Toledo -- History -- 16th century
Widows in literature -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family.
Manners and customs
Social role
Widowhood
Widows in literature
Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Widows -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002434
Subject Spain
Spain -- Toledo
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004191396
9004191399
9789004191709
9004191704