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Medieval Single Women: The Politics of Social Classification in Late Medieval England Book

Medieval Single Women : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780199283415 : 0199283419 : 25 Oct 2007 : The single woman is a troubling and disruptive category. Does it denote all unmarried women, therefore creating a group which every female was part of at some stage in her life? Or, were the categories "maiden"" and ""widow"" so culturally significant in late medieval England that ""single woman"" was a residual category for women seen as anomalous? Was the category ""single man"" used in an equivalent way and, if not, why? This study offers a way into the complex process of social classification in late..."Read More

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  • Blackwell

    All societies use classification in order to understand and impose order on society. In this book, Cordelia Beattie views classification as a political act, an act of power: those classifying must make choices about which divisions are most...

  • 0199283419
  • 9780199283415
  • Cordelia Beattie
  • 13 September 2007
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 200
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