The marriage exchange : property, social place, and gender in cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550 /

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Main Author: Howell, Martha C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
Series:Women in culture and society.
Women in culture and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Le Libert v. Rohard
  • Ch. 1. From Custom to Contract
  • Ch. 2. The Social Context of Custom
  • Ch. 3. Legal Reform as Social Engineering
  • Ch. 4. The Social Logic
  • and Illogic
  • of Custom
  • Ch. 5. An Alternative Logic
  • Ch. 6. Living with the New
  • Ch. 7. The Weight of Experience
  • Ch. 8. The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context
  • Conclusion: Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters
  • App. A. The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier
  • App. B. Written Custom and Old Custom in Douai
  • Glossary of Legal Terminology
  • Glossary of Measures.