Author: Allyson M. Poska
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199265313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Using a wide array of archival documentation, including Inquisition records, wills, dowry contracts, folklore, and court cases, Poska examines how early modern Spanish peasant women asserted and perceived their authority within the family and community and how the large numbers of female-headed households in the region functioned in the absence of men.