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The collection is organized around two main principles, stages of life and gender, and is divided into eight chapters: childhood, youth and sexuality, courtship and weddings, married life, economic life, networks and communities, and widowhood and old age. The sources address the numerous and varied ways in which women and men's notions of themselves affected their lives, and explore how accepted norms of masculine and feminine behaviour influenced social, economic, and religious change. Guided by a general editors' introduction and then an introduction to each chapter, the user will find th
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monografia Rebiun19129110 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19129110 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 140614s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d 9781317875819 1317875818 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP NT UKMGB OCLCF OCLCQ OCL OCLCQ UNAV 940 21 Ages of Woman, Ages of Man Recurso electrónico] sources in European social history, 1400-1750 edited by Monica Chojnacka and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ; contributor/translators, Darlene Abreu-Ferreira [and others] London Routledge, Taylor and Francis 2014 London London Routledge, Taylor and Francis 294 p. 294 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Geographic table of contents; Introduction; 1 CHILDHOOD; Birth and infancy; Education and training; Orphans; Inheritance; 2 YOUTH, SEXUALITY, AND THE SINGLE LIFE; Advanced education; Restrictions on single people; Sexuality; Images of youth; 3 COURTSHIP, LOVE, AND WEDDINGS; Choosing a spouse; Engagement negotiations; Marriage contracts and agreements; Love; Weddings; 4 MARRIED LIFE; Definitions of marital status; Love and companionship; Marriage as partnership; Conflict; 5 ECONOMIC LIFE Ownership and management of property and goodsSales and trade; Production; Medical care; Servants, soldiers, and slaves; 6 RELIGION; Defining and maintaining orthodoxy; Religious activities; Competing traditions; 7 NETWORKS; Family bonds; Friendship networks and neighborhoods; Professional networks; Religious communities; Conflict; 8 WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE; Carrying on the family business; Widows and widowers as financial administrators; Widowhood, age, and power; Hardship; List of contributors The collection is organized around two main principles, stages of life and gender, and is divided into eight chapters: childhood, youth and sexuality, courtship and weddings, married life, economic life, networks and communities, and widowhood and old age. The sources address the numerous and varied ways in which women and men's notions of themselves affected their lives, and explore how accepted norms of masculine and feminine behaviour influenced social, economic, and religious change. Guided by a general editors' introduction and then an introduction to each chapter, the user will find th Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Chojnacka, Monica Wiesner, Merry E. 1952-)