Daughters of London
Subtitle: inheriting opportunity in the late Middle Ages
By: by Kate Kelsey Staples
Series: Later medieval Europe -- v. 8; Later medieval Europe -- v. 8.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9789004203112
Subjects: History; Inheritance and succession; Social conditions; Marital property; Legal status, laws; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urban daughters, their opportunities, and London wills; title: Testators and their influence in late medieval London; title: Prospects of power : inheriting real estate and real opportunity; title: Envisioning daughters' lives through movable legacies; title: Reinterpreting daughters' economic power in late medieval London.