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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453861203321

Titolo

Medieval London widows, 1300-1500 / / edited by Caroline M. Barron and Anne F. Sutton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio, U.S.A. : , : Hambledon Press, , 1994

ISBN

1-4725-9903-9

1-283-27125-7

9786613271259

0-8264-2182-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

305.48/9654

Soggetti

Widows - England - London - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

London (England) Social life and customs To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Widows' World in Later Medieval London; 1 Tanners' Widows, 1300-1350; 2 Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare (d. 1360); 3 Matilda Penne, Skinner (d. 1392/3); 4 Poor Widows, c. 1393-1415; 5 Joan Pyel (d. 1412); 6 Lucia Visconti, Countess of Kent (d. 1424); 7 Margaret Stodeye, Lady Philipot (d. 1431); 8 Johanna Hill (d. 1441) and Johanna Sturdy (d. c. 1460), Bell-Founders; 9 Joan Buckland (d. 1462); 10 Alice Claver, Silkwoman (d. 1489); 11 Margaret Croke (d. 1491); 12 Three Fifteenth-Century Vowesses

13 Thomasyne Percyvale, 'The Maid of Week' (d. 1512)14 Lady Joan Bradbury (d. 1530); Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Medieval London Widows, 1300-1500 shows that it is possible to expand the repertoire of examples of medieval women with personalities and individuality beyond the well-known triad of Margaret Paston, Margery Kempe and the Wife of Bath. The rich documentation of London records allows these women to speak for themselves. They do so largely through their wills, which themselves exemplify the ability of widows to make choices and to order their lives."--Bloomsbury



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