| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Structures of Patriarchy; 2. Daughters: Wives in the Making; 3. The Arrangement of Marriage; 4. Wives: Partnership and Patriarchy; 5. Single Women and Compulsory Marriage; 6. Motherhood: Bearing and Promoting the Next Generation; 7. Widows: Women of Property and Custodians of Their Families' Futures; 8. Beyond the Household: Family and Friends, Patronage and Power; 9. Their Brilliant Careers: Aristocratic Women at the Yorkist and Early Tudor Court; Conclusion; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This work, based on archival research, combines a collective portrait of aristocratic women with an analysis of the particular, class-specific form of patriarchy and gender relations that flourished among the upper classes in Yorkist and early Tudor England. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Upper class women -- England -- History.
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Upper class women. |
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England. |
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History. |
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History.
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Aristocracy (Social class) |
| Chronological Term |
1450-1600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1942- English aristocratic women, 1450-1550. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195056205 0195151283 (DLC) 2001036534 (OCoLC)47297596 |
| ISBN |
1423736346 (electronic book) |
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9781423736349 (electronic book) |
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1601297157 |
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9781601297150 |
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