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Author Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir, 1963- author.

Title A tale of a fool? : a microhistorical study of an 18th-century peasant woman / Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Series Microhistories
Contents Introduction: Women in a men's world -- One woman, one story -- Early years -- In service : clever and well-behaved -- Employment on her own terms -- When one door closes, another opens -- Guðrún at her professional peak -- Illugi Jónsson : a wolf in sheep's clothing? -- Alone again -- We all grow more craven with age -- Auction of Guðrún's worldly goods -- The bigger picture -- History of the manuscripts
Summary "A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Guºnây Hallgrâimsdâottir is an independent scholar at the Reykjavâik Academy, Iceland, workingon a variety of subjects concerned with women's manuscripts. She is a former member of the board of the Icelandic Association of Historians and the Icelandic Studies Association
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Subject Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, 1759-1842
SUBJECT Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, 1759-1842 fast
Subject Women -- Iceland -- Biography
Women peasants -- Iceland -- Biography
Poor women -- Iceland -- Biography
Women household employees -- Iceland -- Biography
Women -- Iceland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Scandinavia.
Manners and customs
Poor women
Women
Women household employees
Women peasants
Women -- Social life and customs
SUBJECT Iceland -- Biography
Iceland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Subject Iceland
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018058846
ISBN 9781315162409
1315162407
9781351668118
1351668110
9781351668095
1351668099
9781351668101
1351668102
Other Titles Sagan af Guðrúnu Ketilsdóttur. English