Women And Wealth In Late Medieval Europe (new Middle Ages)
by Theresa Marie Earenfight /
2010 / English / PDF
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The twelve essays in
The twelve essays inWomen and Wealth in Late Medieval
Europe
Women and Wealth in Late Medieval
Europe re-examine the vexing issue of women, money, wealth,
and power from distinctive perspectives—literature, history,
architectural history—using new archival sources. The
contributors examine how money and changing attitudes toward
wealth affected power relations between women and men of all
ranks, especially the patriarchal social forces that
constrained the range of women’s economic choices. Employing
theories on gender, culture, and power, this volume reveals
wealth as both the motive force in gender relations and a
precise indicator of other, more subtle, forms of power and
influence mediated by gender.
re-examine the vexing issue of women, money, wealth,
and power from distinctive perspectives—literature, history,
architectural history—using new archival sources. The
contributors examine how money and changing attitudes toward
wealth affected power relations between women and men of all
ranks, especially the patriarchal social forces that
constrained the range of women’s economic choices. Employing
theories on gender, culture, and power, this volume reveals
wealth as both the motive force in gender relations and a
precise indicator of other, more subtle, forms of power and
influence mediated by gender.
