Widowhood in early modern Spain : protectors, proprietors, and patrons / / by Stephanie Fink De Backer.

Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights’ fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of...

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Superior document:The medieval and early modern Iberian world, v. 40
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Bliain Foilsithe:2010
Teanga:English
Sraith:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 40.
Cur Síos Fisiciúil:1 online resource (345 p.)
Nótaí:Description based upon print version of record.
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Achoimre:Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights’ fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of patriarchal norms and the realities of widows’ daily lives to demonstrate that in Castile patriarchy did not exist as a monolithic force, which rigidly enforced an ideology of female incapacity. The extensive analysis of archival documents shows widows actively engaged in their families and communities, confounding images of their reclusion and silence. Widows’ autonomy and authority were desirable attributes that did not collide with the demands of a society that recognized the contingent nature of patriarchal norms.
Bibleagrafaíocht:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1283120232
9786613120236
9004191704
ISSN:1569-1934 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Stephanie Fink De Backer.