Newlywed Widow

2012-02-28 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Beverly Short
Release : 2012-02-28
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Newlywed Widow by : Beverly Short

Download or read book Newlywed Widow written by Beverly Short. This book was released on 2012-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Newlywed Widow" is the autobiographical account of how a premonition changed the fate and exposure of a young girl. Understanding how one single premonition could give a six-year old girl the tools to manage sexual abuse, deafness, near death experience and bullying, is what "Newlywed Widow" brings to light. This is one life's story worth reading.

Widowhood in Early Modern Spain

2010-11-26 History

Author : Stephanie Fink De Backer
Release : 2010-11-26
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Widowhood in Early Modern Spain by : Stephanie Fink De Backer

Download or read book Widowhood in Early Modern Spain written by Stephanie Fink De Backer. This book was released on 2010-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on clerical ideals of female comportment and Golden Age playwrights’ fixation on questions of honor, modern scholarship, whether historical or literary, has viewed women as subjects and objects of patriarchal control. This study analyzes tensions and contradictions produced by the interplay of patriarchal norms and the realities of widows’ daily lives to demonstrate that in Castile patriarchy did not exist as a monolithic force, which rigidly enforced an ideology of female incapacity. The extensive analysis of archival documents shows widows actively engaged in their families and communities, confounding images of their reclusion and silence. Widows’ autonomy and authority were desirable attributes that did not collide with the demands of a society that recognized the contingent nature of patriarchal norms.

Wife to Widow

2011-05-01 History

Author : Bettina Bradbury
Release : 2011-05-01
Genre : History
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Download or read book Wife to Widow written by Bettina Bradbury. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monumental study of two generations of women who married either before or after the Patriote rebellions of 1837-38 explores the meaning of the transition from wife to widowhood in early nineteenth-century Montreal. Bettina Bradbury weaves together the individual biographies of twenty women, against the backdrop of collective genealogies of over 500, to offer new insights into the law, politics, demography, religion, and domestic life of the time. She shows how women from all walks of life interacted with and shaped Montreal's culture, customs, and institutions, even as they laboured under the shifting conditions of patriarchy. Wife to Widow provides a rare window into the significance of marriage and widowhood.

Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

2014-07-30 History

Author : Sandra Cavallo
Release : 2014-07-30
Genre : History
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Download or read book Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by Sandra Cavallo. This book was released on 2014-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of essays brings together brand new research on widowhood in medieval and early modern Europe. The volume opens with an introductory chapter by the Editors which looks generally at the conditions and constructions of widowhood in this period. This is followed by a range of essays which illuminate different dimensions of widowhood across Europe - in England, Italy, France, Germany and Spain. A particular attraction of the volume is the attention given to widowers, and the comparisons made between the male and female experience of widowhood. It is an exciting reinterpretation of the subject which will do much to undo the traditional stereotype of the widow. Contributing to the volume are: Jodi Bilinkoff, Giulia Calvi, Sandra Cavallo, Isabelle Chabot, Julia Crick, Amy Erikson, Dagmar Freist, Elizabeth Foyster, Margaret Pelling, Pamela Sharpe,Tim Stretton, Barbara Todd, and Lyndan Warner.

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