Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia

Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia
ISBN-10
0199265313
ISBN-13
9780199265312
Category
History
Pages
271
Language
English
Published
2005-12-08
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Allyson M. Poska

Description

Using a wide array of archival documentation, including Inquisition records, wills, dowry contracts, folklore, and court cases, Poska examines how early modern Spanish peasant women asserted and perceived their authority within the family and community and how the large numbers of female-headed households in the region functioned in the absence of men.

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