The Formation of Women's Legal Identity in Trecento Venice.

The article analyzes the legal identity of fourteenth-century women in Venice, Italy. It describes how a women's legal identity is formed and how it differs from the legal identity of men in the same period. It also discusses the influence of legal identity on other aspects of the identity of late m...

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Published in:	Essays in Medieval Studies Vol. 22; pp. 41 - 53
Main Author:	Hardgrave, Jason
Format:	Article
Published:	West Virginia University Press 2005
Subjects:	Legal status of women Social conditions of women Legal status of men Comparison (Psychology) Middle Ages Social history Venice (Italy) Italy
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