"For the salvation of my soul"
Subtitle: women and wills in medieval and early modern France
By: edited by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Kathryn L. Reyerson
Contributors: University of St. Andrews. Centre for French History and Culture
Series: St. Andrews studies in French history and culture
Publisher: The Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St. Andrews
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Andrews, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781907548086; 9781907548093
Subjects: Social conditions; Wills; History; Legal status, laws; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-126).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Kathryn L. Reyerson; title: Item Lego... Item Volo... Is there really an 'I' in medieval Provençales' wills? / Joëlle Rollo-Koster; title: Family emotional outlets? Women's wills, women's voices in medieval Marseille / Francine Michaud; title: Wills of spouses in Montpellier before 1350: a case study of gender in testamentary practice / Kathryn L. Reyerson; title: Scripts for funeral theater: Burgundian testaments and the performance of social identities / Kathleen Ashley; title: Women and gift-giving in eighteenth-century Brittany: wills and donations / Nancy Locklin; title: Writing wills and families: constructing mixed-race families in eighteenth-century France / Jennifer L. Palmer -