How Long to Read From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris

How Long Does it Take to Read From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris by Professor Janine M Lanza

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Looking especially at widows of master craftsmen in early modern Paris, this study provides analysis of the social and cultural structures that shaped widows' lives as well as their day-to-day experiences. Janine Lanza examines widows in early modern Paris at every social and economic level, beginning with the late sixteenth century when changes in royal law curtailed the movement of property within families up to the time of the French Revolution. The glimpses she gives us of widows running businesses, debating remarriage, and negotiating marriage contracts offer precious insights into the daily lives of women in this period. Lanza shows that understanding widows dramatically alters our understanding of gender, not only in terms of how it was lived in this period but also how historians can use this idea as a category of analysis. Her study also engages the historiographical issue of business and entrepreneurship, particularly women's participation in the world of work; and explicitly examines the place of the law in the lived experience of the early modern period. How did widowed women use their newly acquired legal emancipation? How did they handle their emotional loss? How did their roles in their families and their communities change? How did they remain financially solvent without a man in the house? How did they make decisions that had always been made by the men around them? These questions all touch upon the experience of widows and on the ways women related to prevalent structures and ideologies in this society. Lanza's study of these women, the ways they were represented and how they experienced their widowhood, challenges many historical assumptions about women and their roles with respect to the law, the family, and economic activity.

How long is From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris?

From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris by Professor Janine M Lanza is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris aloud.

What Reading Level is From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris?

From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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