04210nam 2200757Ia 450 991081634850332120200520144314.01-282-06994-297866120699490-226-35517-910.7208/9780226355177(CKB)1000000000724802(EBL)432242(OCoLC)320958460(SSID)ssj0000198269(PQKBManifestationID)11169118(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198269(PQKBWorkID)10170640(PQKB)10894272(MiAaPQ)EBC432242(DE-B1597)535790(OCoLC)1055420881(DE-B1597)9780226355177(Au-PeEL)EBL432242(CaPaEBR)ebr10286156(CaONFJC)MIL206994(dli)HEB04161(MiU)MIU01000000000000009771930(EXLCZ)99100000000072480219970822d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe marriage exchange property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550 /Martha C. Howell1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Pressc19981 online resource (296 p.)Women in culture and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-35516-0 0-226-35515-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Money, Dates, and Names -- Introduction. Le Libert v. Rohard -- Chapter 1. From Custom to Contract -- Chapter 2. The Social Context of Custom -- Chapter 3. Legal Reform as Social Engineering -- Chapter 4. The Social Logic-and Illogic--of Custom -- Chapter 5. An Alternative Logic -- Chapter 6. Living with the New -- Chapter 7. The Weight of Experience -- Chapter 8. The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context -- Conclusion. Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters -- Appendix A. The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier -- Appendix B. Written Custom and Old Custom in Douai -- Glossary of Legal Terminology -- Glossary of Measures -- Bibliography -- IndexMedieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens-wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds. Based on extensive research in this archive, this book reveals how these documents were produced in a centuries-long effort to regulate-and ultimately to redefine-property and gender relations. At the center of the transformation was a shift from a marital property regime based on custom to one based on contract. In the former, a widow typically inherited her husband's property; in the latter, she shared it with or simply held it for his family or offspring. Howell asks why the law changed as it did and assesses the law's effects on both social and gender meanings but she insists that the reform did not originate in general dissatisfaction with custom or a desire to disempower widows. Instead, it was born in a complex economic, social and cultural history during which Douaisiens gradually came to think about both property and gender in new ways.Women in culture and society.Husband and wifeFlandersHistoryHusband and wifeFranceDouaiHistoryLaw, MedievalMarital propertyFlandersHistoryMarital propertyFranceDouaiHistoryHusband and wifeHistory.Husband and wifeHistory.Law, Medieval.Marital propertyHistory.Marital propertyHistory.346.44/280166Howell Martha C292125MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816348503321The marriage exchange2262185UNINA