Women, Production, and Patriarchy in Late Medieval Cities

In this bold reinterpretation of Women's changing labor status during the late medieval and early modern period, Martha C. Howell argues that women's work was the product of the intersection of two systems, one cultural and one economic. Howell shows forcefully that patriarchal family structure, not capitalist development per se, was a decisive factor in determining women's work. Women could enjoy high labor status if they worked within a family production unit or if their labor did not interfere with their domestic responsibilities or threaten male control of a craft or trade.

About the author

Martha C. Howell is professor of history and director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Howell, Martha C. Howell, Howell Martha C., Catherine R. Stimpson
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.1990
• EAN: 9780226355047
• ISBN: 978-0-226-35504-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS (CHUP); Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls