IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 608: Marriage and Gender in the 12th to the 14th Century, II
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Viking Society for Northern Research |
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Organiser: | Philadelphia Ricketts, Independent Scholar, Somerset |
Moderator/Chair: | Pauline Stafford, School of History, University of Liverpool / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 608-a | Women and Marriage in 12th- and 13th-Century Iceland (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Gender Studies, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 608-b | Men and Marriage in 12th- and 13th-Century Iceland (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Gender Studies, Social History |
Paper 608-c | Wives and Widows in 14th-Century Maurienne (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Economics - Rural, Gender Studies, Social History |
Abstract | It is often difficult to accurately determine important demographic factors concerning marriage, such as age at first marriage, the frequency of and age at remarriage, the percentage of men and women who never married, and reproduction rates. Yet these factors impact on society. They influence social and economic relations between spouses, and they influence social, economic, even political, interactions between a spouse and others outside the marriage. Here an overview of marital demographics in Iceland and in Savoy, France, is introduced, using this as a basis to examine such themes as economic opportunities for men and women, illegitimacy, and class relations. |