Description: Aristocratic Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in the Fourteenth Century by Bridget Wells-Furby The life of "that notorious woman", Lucy de Thweng, is used as a prism through which to consider the agency of aristocratic women in the Middle Ages. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The life of "that notorious woman", Lucy de Thweng, is used as a prism through which to consider the agency of aristocratic women in the Middle Ages.The Yorkshire heiress, Lucy de Thweng, was married as a child to her first husband but later divorced him, entered into an adulterous relationship with another man, was forced into marriage to a second husband, and then, after a period of widowhood, married for the third time to a congenial partner of her own choice. This sounds a remarkable and unusual story - but was it?This book uses the episodes of Lucys life to explore how far she was exceptional in her time and rank and highlights aspects of personality and personal relationships which are not often recognized. It undertakes extensive investigations into divorce in contemporary aristocratic families and extra-marital sexual relationships by women, as well as discussing the marriage of heiresses and the pressures to remarry which widows endured. These show that the theoretical religious and secular restraints on marriage and sex were often ignored, by both men and women, and how women, particularly if they were heiresses, were able to make their own decisions in these matters. As the legitimate procreation of children within the licensed environment of marriage was the forum for the succession to landed estates, the book also considers how this behaviour affected those estates.BRIDGET WELLS-FURBY is an independent scholar whose interests lie chiefly in late medieval landed estates and their context. Author Biography No affiliation - independent scholar. Previously obtained her Ph.D. at the University of St. Andrews Table of Contents IntroductionBirth and Family; inheritance and disinheritanceWardship and first marriageSeparation and divorceAdultery and fornicationSecond marriageWidowhoodThird MarriageDeathReflectionsBibliography Review A very welcome addition to the existing historiography on the women of the late medieval aristocracy....This highly enjoyable book will be valuable for postgraduate students and researchers of English legal and social history. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Wells-Furby has given us more information about Lucy de Thweng than we have about most of her contemporaries of comparable status. Certainly, the full story pretty much vindicates Lucy from nineteenth-century censure. This book.sets her in a broader context - women wanting some share in shaping their personal as well as their public (heiress) lives. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *We gain throughWells-Furbys book a more nuanced appreciation for the possibilities of womens agency within the constricted patriarchal structures of the English landholding elite in the first half of the fourteenth century. -- Shannon McSheffrey * Speculum * Review Quote Wells-Furby has given us more information about Lucy de Thweng than we have about most of her contemporaries of comparable status. Certainly, the full story pretty much vindicates Lucy from nineteenth-century censure. This book.sets her in a broader context - women wanting some share in shaping their personal as well as their public (heiress) lives. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES Details ISBN1783273674 Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 1783273674 ISBN-13 9781783273676 Format Hardcover Imprint The Boydell Press Subtitle The Life of Lucy de Thweng (1279-1347) Place of Publication Woodbridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 942.81036092 Language English Pages 258 AU Release Date 2019-02-15 NZ Release Date 2019-02-15 Publication Date 2019-02-15 UK Release Date 2019-02-15 Illustrations 1 line illus. Author Bridget Wells-Furby Alternative 9781787444140 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161761386;
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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Archaeology
Item Height: 234 mm
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Aristocratic Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in the Fourteenth Century: The Life of Lucy de Thweng (1279-1347)
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Author: Bridget Wells-Furby
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