Ages of Woman, Ages of Man: Sources in European Social History, 1400-1750

ISBN-13: 9780582418738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 294 str.

Professor Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Monica Chojnacka; Monica Chojnacka

Opis

Organized around two main principles, stages of life and gender, this text is divided into eight chapters: childhood; youth and sexuality; courtship and weddings; married life; economic life; networks and communities; and widow-hood and old age. The sources address the numerous and varied ways in which women and men's notions of themselves affected their lives, and explore how accepted norms of masculine and feminine behaviour influenced social, economic, and religious change.

Spis treści

Geographic table of contents.  Introduction  I. CHILDHOOD 1. Birth and Infancy 2. Education and training 3. Orphans 4. Inheritance  II. YOUTH, SEXUALITY, AND THE SINGLE LIFE 5. Advanced Education 6. Restrictions on single people 7. Sexuality 8. Images of Youth  III. COURTSHIP, LOVE, AND WEDDINGS 9. Choosing a spouse 10. Engagement negotiations 11. Marriage contracts and agreements 12. Love 13. Weddings  IV. MARRIED LIFE 14. Definitions of marital status 15. Love and companionship 16. Marriage as partnership 17. Conflict  V. ECONOMIC LIFE 18. Ownership and management of property and goods 19. Sales and trade 20. Production 21. Medical care 22. Servants, soldiers, and slaves  VI. RELIGION 23. Defining and maintaining orthodoxy 24. Religious activities 25. Competing traditions  VII. NETWORKS 26. Family bonds 27. Friendship networks and neighborhoods 28. Professional networks 29. Religious communities 30. Conflict  VIII. WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE 31. Carrying on the family business 32. Widows and widowers as financial administrators 33. Widowhood, age, and power 34. Hardship.  List of Contributors.