The Resource The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550, Martha C. Howell
The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550, Martha C. Howell
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- Summary
- Medieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens--wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds. Based on extensive research in this archive, this book reveals how these documents were produced in a centuries-long effort to regulate--and ultimately to redefine--property and gender relations. At the center of the transformation was a shift from a marital property regime based on custom to one based on contract. In the former, a
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Money, Dates, and Names; Introduction
- Le Libert v. Rohard; Chapter 1
- From Custom to Contract; Chapter 2
- The Social Context of Custom; Chapter 3
- Legal Reform as Social Engineering; Chapter 4
- The Social Logic
- and Illogic
- of Custom; Chapter 5
- An Alternative Logic; Chapter 6
- Living with the New; Chapter 7
- The Weight of Experience; Chapter 8
- The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context; Conclusion
- Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters; Appendix A
- The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier
- Isbn
- 9780226355153
- Label
- The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550
- Title
- The marriage exchange
- Title remainder
- property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha C. Howell
- Subject
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- 14e siècle
- 15e siècle
- Contrat de mariage
- Douai (France)
- Droit médiéval
- Electronic books
- Europe -- Flanders
- Femme
- Flandre
- France -- Douai
- Histoire sociale
- History
- Husband and wife
- Husband and wife -- Flanders -- History
- Husband and wife -- France | Douai -- History
- Huwelijksgoederenrecht
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- Law, Medieval
- Law, Medieval
- Marital property
- Marital property -- Flanders -- History
- Marital property -- France | Douai -- History
- Patrimoine familial
- Relation homme-femme
- Régime matrimonial
- Sociale aspecten
- Vrouwen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Medieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens--wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds. Based on extensive research in this archive, this book reveals how these documents were produced in a centuries-long effort to regulate--and ultimately to redefine--property and gender relations. At the center of the transformation was a shift from a marital property regime based on custom to one based on contract. In the former, a
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Howell, Martha C
- Dewey number
- 346.44/280166
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KJC1162
- LC item number
- .H69 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- KJC1162
- NAL item number
- (INTERNET)
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Women in culture and society
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Marital property
- Husband and wife
- Marital property
- Husband and wife
- Law, Medieval
- LAW
- Husband and wife
- Law, Medieval
- Marital property
- Europe
- France
- Huwelijksgoederenrecht
- Vrouwen
- Sociale aspecten
- 14e siècle
- 15e siècle
- Droit médiéval
- Femme
- Histoire sociale
- Contrat de mariage
- Patrimoine familial
- Régime matrimonial
- Relation homme-femme
- Douai (France)
- Flandre
- Label
- The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550, Martha C. Howell
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Money, Dates, and Names; Introduction -- Le Libert v. Rohard; Chapter 1 -- From Custom to Contract; Chapter 2 -- The Social Context of Custom; Chapter 3 -- Legal Reform as Social Engineering; Chapter 4 -- The Social Logic -- and Illogic -- of Custom; Chapter 5 -- An Alternative Logic; Chapter 6 -- Living with the New; Chapter 7 -- The Weight of Experience; Chapter 8 -- The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context; Conclusion -- Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters; Appendix A -- The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier
- Control code
- 320958460
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226355153
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)320958460
- Label
- The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550, Martha C. Howell
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Money, Dates, and Names; Introduction -- Le Libert v. Rohard; Chapter 1 -- From Custom to Contract; Chapter 2 -- The Social Context of Custom; Chapter 3 -- Legal Reform as Social Engineering; Chapter 4 -- The Social Logic -- and Illogic -- of Custom; Chapter 5 -- An Alternative Logic; Chapter 6 -- Living with the New; Chapter 7 -- The Weight of Experience; Chapter 8 -- The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context; Conclusion -- Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters; Appendix A -- The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier
- Control code
- 320958460
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226355153
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)320958460
Subject
- 14e siècle
- 15e siècle
- Contrat de mariage
- Douai (France)
- Droit médiéval
- Electronic books
- Europe -- Flanders
- Femme
- Flandre
- France -- Douai
- Histoire sociale
- History
- Husband and wife
- Husband and wife -- Flanders -- History
- Husband and wife -- France | Douai -- History
- Huwelijksgoederenrecht
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- Law, Medieval
- Law, Medieval
- Marital property
- Marital property -- Flanders -- History
- Marital property -- France | Douai -- History
- Patrimoine familial
- Relation homme-femme
- Régime matrimonial
- Sociale aspecten
- Vrouwen
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