Women's Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485�1603 - Authority, Influence and Material Culture

Contributing an original dimension to the study of women in 16th-century England, this pioneering work examines the largest corpus of women's private writings available: their wills. Through an intensive analysis of more than 1200 wills, women from all parts of the country and all strata of society are revealed as articulate, opportunistic, and cap

List of contents

Introduction; 1: The Performance of Death; 2: Identity and Remembrance; 3: Women's Work; 4: The Dispersal of Assets; 5: The Dispersal of Assets; 6: The Dispersal of Assets; Conclusion

About the author

Susan E. James is an historian and independent researcher. She received her PhD from Cambridge University and is the author of Kateryn Parr: The Making of a Queen (Ashgate, 1999), The Feminine Dynamic in English Art (Ashgate, 2008), and a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).

Summary

Contributing an original dimension to the study of women in 16th-century England, this pioneering work examines the largest corpus of women’s private writings available: their wills. Through an intensive analysis of more than 1200 wills, women from all parts of the country and all strata of society are revealed as articulate, opportunistic, and cap

Product details

• Authors: Susan E. James, James Susan E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032921846
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92184-6
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 610 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Women, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Legal History, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, C 1600 To C 1700, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards