IMC 2012: Sessions

Session 1617: Rules of Love, Marriage and Inheritance, I: Marital Statutes, Ordinances and Law

Sponsor:	Medieval Gender History Network
Organiser:	Charlotte Vainio, University of Helsinki
Moderator/Chair:	Anu Lahtinen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Paper 1617-a	Wild Widows?: Widows' Rights and Restrictions in Artisan Crafts (Language: English) Maija Liisa Ojala, Department of History & Philosophy, University of Tampere Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Law
Paper 1617-b	Abiding by the Law, and How Not to: Structures and Strategies of Inheritance in High Medieval Sweden (Language: English) Charlotte Vainio, University of Helsinki Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Law
Paper 1617-c	An Alliance of Equals?: Heiresses and Their Husbands (Language: English) Randi B. Wærdahl, Norwegian Research Council / Institutt for historie og klassiske fag, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Law
Abstract	Papers in this session discuss how legislation on marriage and inheritance has affected marital arrangements - for example considering the roles and position of widows in towns versus in rural areas. In this context, breaking or ignoring the rules is also discussed.