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Title:

Singlewomen in the European past, 1250-1800 / edited by Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

vi, 352 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Single women--Europe--History.
Single women--Europe--Social conditions.
Single women--Europe--Economic conditions.
Sex role--Europe--History.

Other Authors:

Bennett, Judith M.
Froide, Amy M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A singular past / Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide -- Singlewomen in medieval and early modern Europe: the demographic perspective / Maryanne Kowaleski -- "It is not good that [wo]man should be alone": elite responses to singlewomen in high medieval Paris / Sharon Farmer -- Single by law and custom / Susan Mosher Stuard -- Sex and the singlewoman / Ruth Mazo Karras -- Transforming maidens: singlewomen's stories in Marie de France's Lais and later French courtly narratives / Roberta L. Krueger -- Having her own smoke: employment and independence for singlewomen in Germany, 1400-1750 / Merry E. Wiesner -- Singlewomen in early modern Venice: Communities and opportunities / Monica Chojnacka -- Marital status as a category of difference: singlewomen and widows in early modern England / Amy M. Froide -- The Sapphic strain: English lesbians in the long eighteenth century / Margaret R. Hunt -- Singular politics: the rise of the British nation and the production of the old maid / Susan S. Lanser.

ISBN:

9780812216684 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0812216687 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780812234640 (cloth : alk. paper)
0812234642 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39539194

LCCN:

98035172

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)