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Martha C. Howell

The Marriage Exchange

Property, Social Place, and Gender in Cities of the Low Countries, 1300-1550

294 pages, 1 halftone  6 x 9  © 1998
Series: Women in Culture and Society Series

Cloth $70.00

ISBN: 9780226355153   Published June 1998

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9780226355160   Published June 1998

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ISBN: 9780226355177

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Note on Money, Dates, and Names
Introduction
Le Libert v. Rohard
Ch. 1: From Custom to Contract
Ch. 2: The Social Context of Custom
Ch. 3: Legal Reform as Social Engineering
Ch. 4: The Social Logic—and Illogic—of Custom
Ch. 5: An Alternative Logic
Ch. 6: Living with the New
Ch. 7: The Weight of Experience
Ch. 8: The Douaisien Reform in Historical Context
Conclusion: Marie, Franchoise, and Their Sisters
App. A: The Evolution of Douai's Douaire Coutumier
App. B: Written Custom and Old Custom in Douai
Glossary of Legal Terminology
Glossary of Measures
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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