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 39
... held in co - seisin with her in order to provide for her needs ( ' que ei invenit necessaria ' ) . Philip retorted that she had demised that land to Peter and that Peter had given it to him in turn . Bartholomew again denied this and ...
... held in co - seisin with her in order to provide for her needs ( ' que ei invenit necessaria ' ) . Philip retorted that she had demised that land to Peter and that Peter had given it to him in turn . Bartholomew again denied this and ...
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... held the land on his death by the gift of his brother . Agnes stated that the land had been her grandmother's marriage portion which Ennisan had only held as a tenant and which ought now to descend to her as the heir . The jurors said ...
... held the land on his death by the gift of his brother . Agnes stated that the land had been her grandmother's marriage portion which Ennisan had only held as a tenant and which ought now to descend to her as the heir . The jurors said ...
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... held of him by knight service , he had only entered on the lands because the heiresses were underage and held them until the sisters could prove their age , which the sisters claimed to have done on many occasions.32 Andrew and Joan ...
... held of him by knight service , he had only entered on the lands because the heiresses were underage and held them until the sisters could prove their age , which the sisters claimed to have done on many occasions.32 Andrew and Joan ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 6 | 6 |
Share and share alike? The marriage portion inheritance | 36 |
women and the conquest | 49 |
Copyright | |
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