Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women: Pawns Or Players?Christine Meek, Catherine Lawless The passive and active of 'pawns or players' is in many ways the kernel of the ongoing debate within the analysis of the role of women in the past. The essays, by both established and younger scholars and covering a wide time-span and geographical area, range from examinations of the laws which restrained or enabled women to discussions of women who resisted the authorities, from studies of women who stepped outside their prescribed role and behaved in a manner that might be described as 'manly' to analyses of the constructions of gender and womanhood that influenced such prescriptions. |
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Page 60
... heirs and could not permanently dispose of any part of them without the heir's permission . They could and did utilise the profits of the dower lands , however , and in this way increase their personal wealth . When a widow came to make ...
... heirs and could not permanently dispose of any part of them without the heir's permission . They could and did utilise the profits of the dower lands , however , and in this way increase their personal wealth . When a widow came to make ...
Page 64
... heirs . Should they fail to do so , there were provisions to deal with widows who were careless and negligent of lands which were to be the heir's after their death . The rights of the heir were paramount and were always to be ...
... heirs . Should they fail to do so , there were provisions to deal with widows who were careless and negligent of lands which were to be the heir's after their death . The rights of the heir were paramount and were always to be ...
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... heir consented to it . Her lord also needed to give his consent.23 According to the Statutes of Gloucester , extended to Ireland in 1285 , if a widow demised her dower to the detriment of the heir , then he should recover it when he ...
... heir consented to it . Her lord also needed to give his consent.23 According to the Statutes of Gloucester , extended to Ireland in 1285 , if a widow demised her dower to the detriment of the heir , then he should recover it when he ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 67 | 6 |
Share and share alike? The marriage portion inheritance | 36 |
women and the conquest | 49 |
Copyright | |
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