gender in European towns, 1640-1830
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Simonton, Deborah > (ed.)
- Creator
- Montenach, Anne > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- economie, steden, handel, gezondheidszorg, weduwen, alleenstaanden, ambachts-, industrie- en transportberoepen, familierelaties, Europa, 17e eeuw, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Town rules and customs, as well as police and guilds’ regulations, affected women’s participation in the urban economy: the formally recognized and legally accepted power of women was very limited. The book draws attention to how women navigated these gendered terrains. As the book demonstrates, 'exclusion' is too strong a word for the realities of women’s everyday lives. Frequently guild and corporate regulations were more about situating women and regulating their activities, rather than preventing them from operating in the urban economy. Similarly corporate structures, which were under stress, found flexible strategies to incorporate women who through their own initiative and activities put pressure on the systems.