Skip to content
Home/ Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire C.1300-1520
Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire C.1300-1520

Women, Work, and Life Cycle in a Medieval Economy: Women in York and Yorkshire C.1300-1520

by Goldberg, P J
No customer reviews yet ISBN 9780198201540

This is an innovative analysis of the relationship between women's economic opportunity and marriage in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is based on an intensive study of York and Yorkshire, but also utilizes evidence from other parts of England and continental Europe. P.J.P. Goldberg explores the role of women in the economy and the part that marriage played in their lives. Importantly, he challenges the Wrigley and Schofield thesis of nuptiality: his analysis of the demography of marriage demonstrates that in late medieval Yorkshire women participated strongly in the labor force, deferring marriage or avoiding it entirely. This is a stimulating and intelligent book, which makes an important contribution to our understanding of medieval ways of life.

About the author

Product details

Pub dateDec 31, 1992
ISBN-100198201540
ISBN-139780198201540
LanguageEnglish
Last updated 2026-08-05 05:47
$307.53
In stock — ships in 24 hours with free tracking
Delivery by Monday, September 14, 2026
Qty
Sign in to Add to Saved list
Free delivery on orders over $35.
15-day returns. Any reason.
Secure checkout. We never store card details.

Readers who bought this also bought

More from Feminism & Feminist Theory
See all
Off-Centre: Feminism and Cultural Studies
This anthology of new work is the first since Women Take Issue to bring together feminist theory and cultural studies. Continuing the tradition of collective scholarship from the internationally recognised Birmingham school, Off-Centre is a major contribution to recent debates in these areas. The book covers issues of long standing concern, as well as those of new significance - pop culture and the media, science and technology, Thatcherism and the Enterprise Culture. A distinctive interdisciplinary approach holds together the range of topics, and is supplemented by editors' introductions surveying recent developments in feminism and cultural studies. The volume critically addresses the relationship between feminism and cultural studies, arguing for the value of combining these approaches in the analysis of contemporary culture.
$58.51
Shaping Equality - The Feminist Revolution
Clarke, Seraphina
$21.09
Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Wolf, Naomi
$13.47
Female Eunuch
Greer, Germaine
$13.47
Beauty Myth
Wolf, Naomi
$17.99
How to Win at Feminism: The Definitive Guide to Having It All--And Then Some!
Reductress
$16.24