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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Reyerson, Kathryn Louise (1945-....)
Titre(s) : Mother and Sons, Inc. [Texte imprimé] : Martha de Cabanis in medieval Montpellier / Kathryn L. Reyerson
Publication : Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, copyright [2018]
Description matérielle : viii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection : The Middle Ages series
Lien à la collection : The Middle Ages series
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
In the late 1320s, Martha de Cabanis was widowed with three young sons, eleven, eight,
and four years of age. Her challenges would be many: to raise and train her children
to carry on their father's business; to preserve that business until they were ready
to take over; and to look after her own financial well-being. Examining the visible
trail Martha left in Montpellier's notarial registers and other records, Kathryn L.
Reyerson reveals a wealth of information about her activities, particularly in the
area of business, commerce, and real estate. From these formal, contractual documents,
Reyerson gleans something of Martha's personality and reconstructs what she may have
done, and a good deal of what she actually did, in her various roles of daughter,
wife, mother, and widow. Mother and Sons, Inc. demonstrates that while women were
hardly equal to men in the fourteenth century, under the right conditions afforded
by wealth and the status of widowhood, they could do and did more than many have thought.
Within the space of twenty years, Martha developed a complex real estate fortune,
enlarged a cloth manufacturing business and trading venture, and provided for the
support and education of her sons. Just how the widow Martha maneuvered within the
legal constraints of her social, economic, and personal status forms the heart of
the book's investigation
Sujet(s) : Cabanis, Martha de (1295?-1348)
Commerce -- France -- Montpellier (Hérault, France) -- 14e siècle
Conditions économiques -- Montpellier (Hérault, France) -- 14e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780812249613. - ISBN 0812249615
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45425487g
Notice n° :
FRBNF45425487
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
