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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/132294206 Title: Medieval single women : the politics of social classification in late medieval England Author: Cordelia Beattie Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. ©2007 ISBN/ISSN: 9780199283415 0199283419 OCLC:132294206

  
  

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Medieval single women : the politics of social classification in late medieval England

Author:	Cordelia Beattie
Publisher:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. ©2007
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"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 not? This study of the category 'single woman' offers a way into the complex process of social classification in late medieval England. 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 important or about who falls into which category, and such choices have repercussions. Rather than isolate gender as a variable, this book examines how it relates to other social cleavages. Using a variety of approaches, from social and cultural history, gender history, and medieval studies, its original methodology offers an innovative approach to a range of historical texts, from pastoral manuals to tax returns and guild registers."--Jacket.  Read more...
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Subjects	Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500. Single women -- Europe -- History. Single women -- Europe -- Social conditions. View all subjects
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