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- Title
Vermogende vrouwen: Het vastgoedbezit van vrouwen in laatmiddeleeuws Brussel op basis van cijnsregisters (1356-1460).
- Authors
BARDYN, ANDREA
- Abstract
This article examines women and their immovable property ownership in Brussels between 1356 and 1460. By using censiers (medieval estate surveys), sources which are rarely considered in studies of medieval women, it offers a new viewpoint on the major transitions in the social position of women during the Late Middle Ages. First, the paper argues that the position of female property owners in Brussels differed in several regards from the position of their European counterparts. Furthermore, the results show a decline in the share of female property owners, which supports the notion of decreasing economic opportunities for women during the Late Middle Ages. Finally, the article demonstrates that this decline was neither linear nor univocal, but was closely connected to years of crisis and to the social position of women.
- Subjects
BRUSSELS (Belgium); MEDIEVAL women's history; PROPERTY rights -- History; REAL property; WOMEN landowners; SOCIAL conditions of women; HISTORY; BELGIAN economy
- Publication
Stadsgeschiedenis, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1872-0676
- Publication type
Article