IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1520: Women, Agency, and Material Culture in the Mediterranean, I: Evidence from Notarial Records in Catalonia
Thursday 4 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Aysu Dinçer, Department of History, University of Warwick Chiara Ravera, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Aysu Dinçer, Department of History, University of Warwick |
| Paper 1520-a | Women and Notarial Activity: The Notary Public of Puigcerdà in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Economics - Urban, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1520-b | The Materiality of Credit: Jewish Women's Moneylending and Material Culture in Medieval Catalonia, 1250-1350 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Gender Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1520-c | Property and Notarial Culture: Medieval Jewish Women and Their Assets in 14th-Century Barcelona (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Gender Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Sesssion organised by Aysu Dincer and Chiara Ravera. This session looks at aspects of gender and material culture in Catalonia through notarial records. The first paper addresses the contribution of women to the economic expansion of Puigcerda in the 13th century. The second paper looks at the material aspects of credit among Jewish women in the 13th-14th centuries. The last paper focuses on similarities and differences of material culture between Jewish and Christian women in Barcelona in the 14th century. |