This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and Yorkshire, but also utilizes evidence from other parts of England and continental Europe. P.J.P. Goldberg explores the role of women in the economy and the part that marriage played in their lives. Importantly, he challenges the Wrigley and Schofield thesis of nuptiality: his analysis of the demography of marriage demonstrates that in late medieval Yorkshire women participated strongly in the labor force, deferring marriage or avoiding it entirely. This is a stimulating and intelligent book, which makes an important contribution to our understanding of medieval ways of life.

Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire c.1300-1520 (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)

Business & Money

Goldberg, P.J.P.

Economics

Clarendon Press

All too often the medieval social past has been explored as an adjunct to high politics. The subject of this study is ordinary men and women, for whom the politics of the manor, the vill, or the borough were often far more real and pressing. It engages with questions relating to the various structures of society, be they social hierarchy, household, family, parish or manor, lay or clergy. It also considers the ways in which age, gender, and marital status shaped people's lives.

Medieval England: A Social History 1250-1550 (Hodder Arnold Publication)

History

Europe

Bloomsbury Academic

All too often the medieval social past has been explored as an adjunct to high politics. The subject of this study is ordinary men and women, for whom the politics of the manor, the vill, or the borough were often far more real and pressing. It engages with questions relating to the various structures of society, be they social hierarchy, household, family, parish or manor, lay or clergy. It also considers the ways in which age, gender, and marital status shaped people's lives.

Medieval England: A Social History 1250-1550

Bloomsbury USA

Eight essays explore the position and influence of women in a variety of religious and secular contexts, such as marriage, servanthood, work, confession, charity, and estate management. First published in 1992 as Woman is a Worthy Wight: Women in English Society c. 1200-1500 . Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Women in Medieval English Society

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Sutton Pub Ltd

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