Population Flashcards
Which 3 things caused the EMP in north western europe
the stress on consensus instead of parental authority for the formation of marriage
position of women in the transfer of property between husband and wife and between parents and children
the accessibility to, and size of, the labour market
Did the north and south agree on the views of marriage?
the north and the south had different views on this. Paris representing the North emphasized consent and Bologna, representing the south, focused on consummation,
By consensus in marriage - how does this change the womans power
‘The bargaining position of women in such a marriage pattern is relatively strong; a woman could (try to) select the kind of husband that suited her’ (de moor, zanden)
Was the EMP the case throughout north west europe?
‘in other parts of Christian Europe…families maintained sturdy patriarchal marriage strategies, often in open defiance of ecclesiastical dictates’ (Hartman)
How did women’s role in the labour market change
1348 saw the black death and with an estimated death toll of a third of the continents population dying, opportunities opened up in the labour market for men and women
As stated by Goldberg, what differences were there between the north and south europe in labour
In England, the labour shortage due to the plague showed an increase in towns of unmarried women, a rise in marriage age and an increase in women who never married. In contrast, Italian cities were filled with men from the countryside
