Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia

by Allyson M. Poska

While scholars have marvelled at how accused witches, mystical nuns, and aristocratic women understood and used their wealth, power, and authority to manipulate both men and institutions, most early modern women were not privileged by money or supernatural contacts. They led the routine and often difficult lives of peasant women and wives of soldiers and tradesmen. However, a lack of connections to the typical sources of authority did not mean that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199265313
• ISBN13: 9780199265312
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"