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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…
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1 author picked Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A classic cited in every title on my list, Goldberg’s book provides a glimpse into the lives of women in the area, both rural and urban. The book grew out of the question, How far was marriage a necessity for medieval women? His focus is on women in the north, with its unique labor issues. To answer the question he examines the economy and how women participated in it, with an emphasis on the changes brought on by the decline in population after the Black Death in the later 14th century.
He covers tradeswomen, servants, prostitutes, farm laborers, with…
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