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Main Author: Fink De Backer, Stephanie
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 40.
Subjects:
Widowhood > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows > Spain > Toledo > Social conditions > 16th century.
Social role > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows > Legal status, laws, etc. > Spain > Toledo > History > 16th century.
Widows in literature > Spain > History.
Spain > Social life and customs > 16th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Widows and the literary imagination
  • Subjects of counsel
  • Objects of desire
  • Sex in the city
  • To her alone pertains the governance of all her house (Gaspar Astete)
  • Master and mistress of the household
  • Father and mother of their children
  • A widow's work is never done
  • Worthy recipients and pious donors
  • Widowhood, poverty, and charity
  • Family, memory, and the sacralization of urban space
  • Coda. The strange case of a wicked and cruel woman.

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