'Out of Lust for Money'? Agency and Marital Strategies in Eighth‐Century Italy.
This article analyses early medieval Italian marital practices and inquires how Lombard women played the system to increase their agency. It contends that in the eighth century, demographic and social developments created conditions that could favour women in negotiating marriages. These women used...
| Publicado en: | Gender & History Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 384 - 401 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2022
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