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Women and Economic Activities in Late Medieval Ghent

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  • © 2011

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  1. Shennan Hutton
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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Urban Context

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 17-34

  4. Activity and Continuity: Patterns of Women’s Economic Participation

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 35-58

  5. “Her and All Her Property”: Gender and Property Transactions

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 59-79

  6. Webs of Credit and Circulation of Wealth

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 81-101

  7. Married Partners and Single Women as Producers and Sellers

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 103-121

  8. The Changing Fortunes of the Burgher and Patrimonial Constructions

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 123-142

  9. Conclusion

    • Shennan Hutton
    Pages 143-153

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 155-240
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Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.

About the author

SHENNAN HUTTON Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis, USA.

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