Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index.
Contents:
Widows in western history : a select bibliography / Frouke Veenstra and Kirsten van der Ploeg Public image of the widow in ancient Israel / Karel van der Toorn -- Pauper or patroness : the widow in the early Christian church / Jan N. Bremmer -- Widows in Anglo-Saxon England / Rolf H. Bremmer Jr -- Widows and the law : the legal position of widows in the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Dieneke Hempenius-van Dijk -- 'European widows' in the Dutch East Indies : their legal and social position / Heleen C. Gall -- Women without men : widows and spinsters in Britain and France in the eighteenth century / Olwen Hufton -- Noble widows between fortune and family / Yme Kuiper -- Ultimate journey : Satì„ and widowhood in India / Lourens P. van den Bosch -- Widows in Islam / Willy Jansen -- Widows hidden from view : the disappearance of mourning dress among Dutch widows in the twentieth century / Geertje van Os -- Widows in western history : a select bibliography / Frouke Veenstra and Kirsten van der Ploeg
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