Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe

Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe
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Publisher : Boydell Press
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9781843838333
ISBN-13 : 1843838338
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Book Synopsis Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe by : Cordelia Beattie

Download or read book Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe written by Cordelia Beattie and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries.


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