Rebecca Lynn Winer

Women, Wealth, and Community in Perpignan, c. 1250-1300

Christians, Jews, and Enslaved Muslims in a Medieval Mediterranean Town

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the gender system at work in medieval Perpignan. Using a series of notarial registers, unique as surviving records for the social history of the thirteenth-century realms of Aragon and Majorca, Rebecca L. Winer opens a window onto the experiences of women and their families. Her interpretive framework reveals medieval assumptions about the distinct natures of Christian, Jewish, and enslaved Muslim women by analyzing which actions were curbed, controlled, or fostered in these different groups. Analyzing how class, gender and religious difference shaped everyday practice, the volume constitutes a major contribution to the history of inter-faith relations and medieval studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780754608042
• ISBN-10: 0754608042
• Artikelnr.: 35729410

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Lynn Winer is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, Villanova University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: Gender and the three religions in medieval Perpignan
The Christian woman as daughter, wife, mother, and widow
Christian widowed mothers and guardianship
The Jewish woman as daughter, wife, and widow
Jewish widowed mothers as caregivers for their fatherless children
Inside the home: Christian servants and enslaved Muslim women
Bibliography
Index.