Women, property, and the letters of the law in early modern England

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Label

Women, property, and the letters of the law in early modern England

Statement of responsibility

edited by Nancy E. Wright, Margaret W. Ferguson, A.R. Buck

Contributor

• Ferguson, Margaret W., 1948-
• Buck, A. R.
• Wright, Nancy E.

Editor

• Wright, Nancy E.
• Buck, A. R.
• Ferguson, Margaret W., 1948-

Subject

• Femmes -- Angleterre | Histoire -- 1600-
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Droit de propriété -- Angleterre -- Histoire
• Droit de propriété -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- Sources
• Eigentum
• Electronic books
• England
• England
• Englisch
• English literature -- Early modern
• English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
• Femmes -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 1600- -- Sources
• Besitz
• Femmes -- Droit -- Angleterre -- Histoire
• Femmes -- Droit -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- Sources
• Frau
• Frau
• Geschichte 1660-1800
• HISTORY -- Renaissance
• History
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• Law and literature
• Law and literature -- History -- 16th century
• Law and literature -- History -- 17th century
• Law and literature -- History -- 18th century
• Law in literature
• Law in literature
• Literatur
• Property in literature
• Property in literature
• Right of property
• Right of property -- England -- History
• Since 1500
• Women -- England -- History -- Modern period, 1600-
• Women -- Legal status, laws, etc
• Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History
• Women -- Modern period
• Women and literature
• Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
• Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
• Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century

Genre

• Sources
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• History

Language

eng

Summary

"Women, Property, and the Letters of Law in Early Modern England examines the competing narratives of property told by and about women in the early modern period. Through letters, legal treatises, case law, wills, and works of literature, the contributors explore women's complex roles as subjects and agents in commercial and domestic economies, and as objects shaped by a network of social and legal relationships. By constructing conversations across the disciplinary boundaries of legal and social history, sociology, and literary criticism, the collection explores a diverse range of women's property relationships." "Recent research has revealed fissures in our knowledge about women's property relationships within a regime characterized by competing jurisdictions, diverse systems of nature, and multiple concepts of property. Women, Property, and the Letters of the Law in Early Modern England turns to these points of departure for the study of women's legal status and property relationships in the early modern period. This interdisciplinary analysis of women and property is written in an accessible manner and will become a valuable resource for scholars and students of Renaissance, Restoration, and eighteenth-century literature, early modern social and legal history, and women's studies."--Jacket

Cataloging source

IDEBK

Dewey number

• 820.9/3522
• 305.42/0942/0903

Index

index present

LC call number

• PR428.L37
• KD811

LC item number

• W66 2004
• .W64 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography