Widowhood In Early Modern Spain: Protectors, Proprietors, And Patrons (medieval And Early Modern Iberian World)

Synopsis

Widows And The Literary Imagination -- Subjects Of Counsel -- Objects Of Desire -- Sex In The City -- To Her Alone Pertains The Governance Of All Her House (gaspar Astete) -- Master And Mistress Of The Household -- Father And Mother Of Their Children -- A Widow's Work Is Never Done -- Worthy Recipients And Pious Donors -- Widowhood, Poverty, And Charity -- Family, Memory, And The Sacralization Of Urban Space -- Coda. The Strange Case Of A Wicked And Cruel Woman. By Stephanie Fink De Backer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [301]-314) And Index.