The Transmission of Well-Being

Gendered Marriage Strategies and Inheritance Systems in Europe (17th-20th Centuries)

Antoinette Fauve-Chamoux editor Jan Kok editor Margarida Durães editor LIorenç Ferrer i Alòs editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Published:5th Oct '09

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What does well-being mean when we talk about men and women in the past? Their sheer chances of survival, their protection from want, their social status, their individual agency and their self-esteem were all strongly mediated by the family, the predominant social institution. Family laws and customs of family formation created differences between insiders and outsiders in terms of well-being. Within families, there were strong differences in autonomy, status and freedom between the genders and generations. The book offers a fascinating exploration of gender differences in well-being in many regions of historic Europe, with some comparative perspectives. It explores how historic family systems differed with respect to choosing a marriage partner, transmitting property, living and care conditions of widows and widowers and the position of children born out of wedlock.

«(...) this book is evidently a distinctive academic tome that will be of interest to anyone interested in history and the development of women's rights in Europe.» (Bulletin Quotidien Europe)

ISBN: 9783034300568

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Weight: 870g

526 pages

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