Women and authority in early modern Spain the peasants of Galicia /

Poska, Allyson M.

Women and authority in early modern Spain the peasants of Galicia / [electronic resource] : Allyson M. Poska. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - vi, 271 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: gendering peasant society -- Women without men -- Single women and property -- Sex and the single woman -- 'A married man is a woman': gender tensions in Galician marriages -- Widowhood -- Modelling female authority -- Beyond finisterre.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Women peasants--History.--Spain--Galicia (Region)
Peasants--Social conditions.--Spain--Galicia (Region)
Peasants--Economic conditions.--Spain--Galicia (Region)


Galicia (Spain : Region)--Rural conditions.


Electronic books.

HQ1694.G3 / P67 2005

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