Married Women in Legal Practice - Agency and Norms in the Swedish Realm, 1350-1450

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Helsingin yliopisto, 2017) issued under title: The legal guardian and married women: norms and practice in the Swedish realm 1350-1450.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Defining Women’s Legal Status 2. Married Women and Legal Representation 3. Married Women and Property Management 4. What Married Women Could and Did Do – A Summary and Some Conclusions

About the author

Charlotte Cederbom is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki.

Summary

Tracing women’s actions in legal practice through more than 6,000 original charters, this book describes and seeks to explain married women’s agency in the Swedish realm 1350-1450.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Cederbom, Charlotte (University of Helsinki Cederbom
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367363123
• ISBN: 978-0-367-36312-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History; Routledge Research in Gender and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, HISTORY / Women, Sweden, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Gender & the law, Social and cultural history, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Law and society, gender issues, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries