02742nam 2200613Ia 450 991078083790332120200520144314.01-4696-0458-20-8078-9845-7(CKB)2520000000007798(EBL)515674(OCoLC)593325315(SSID)ssj0000336848(PQKBManifestationID)11283173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336848(PQKBWorkID)10288039(PQKB)10529866(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245882(MdBmJHUP)muse23322(Au-PeEL)EBL515674(CaPaEBR)ebr10355370(CaONFJC)MIL930043(MiAaPQ)EBC515674(EXLCZ)99252000000000779820090603d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDomestic secrets[electronic resource] women and property in Sweden, 1600-1857 /Maria ÅgrenChapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (302 p.)Studies in legal historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1453-7 0-8078-3320-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Domestic secrets -- The couple between kin, state, & local community -- Subtle changes -- Deteriorating rights & compensating practices : the eighteenth-century transformation -- Bankruptcy & the emergence of a new public sphere -- Drastic changes -- The restricted vision of the law.Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, women's role in the Swedish economy was renegotiated and reconceptualized. Maria Agren chronicles changes in married women's property rights, revealing the story of Swedish women's property as not just a simple narrative of the erosion of legal rights, but a more complex tale of unintended consequences.A public sphere of influence--including the wife's family and the local community--held sway over spousal property rights throughout most of the seventeenth century, Agren argues. Around 1700, a campaign to codify spousal property rights Studies in legal history.WomenLegal status, laws, etcSwedenHistoryMarital propertySwedenHistoryWomenLegal status, laws, etc.History.Marital propertyHistory.346.48501/664Ågren Maria1470449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780837903321Domestic secrets3694915UNINA