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![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the significant number of never-married lay women in medieval and early modern Europe, the study of their role and position in that society has been largely neglected. Although most people did marry and pass many of their adult years in the company of a spouse, this vision of a preindustrial Europe shaped by heterosexual marriage deceptively hides the well-established fact that, in some times and places, as many as twenty-five percent of women and men remained single throughout their lives. When we think about the European past, we tend to imagine villages, towns, and cities populated by conventional families–married couples and their children. ![]() You can read this before Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 PDF full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 written by Judith M. Brief Summary of Book: Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800 by Judith M. ![]()
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