The Marital Economy in Scandinavia and Britain, 1400-1900 (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World)

by Amy Louise Erickson (Editor), Maria Agren (Editor)

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  2005

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  Marriage today is a prime social and legal institution. Historically, it was also the main economic institution. The essays presented here offer a wealth of original research into the economic, social and legal history of marriage in Northern Europe over a 500-year period.