The Benefits and Drawbacks of Femme Sole Status in England, 1300–1630

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Femme Sole Status in England, 1300–1630

Unlike most married women in England during the late medieval and early modern periods, femme sole traders had an independent economic and legal status. Whereas the common law normally defined wives as an appendage of their husbands, lacking a separate identity, femmes soles were allowed to conduct...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of British studies 2005-07, Vol.44 (3), p.410-438
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