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題 名 | 單身非邊緣--試析三十份中古晚期倫敦未婚女性遺囑=At the Margins of Society? Single Women and Their Wills in Late Medieval London |
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作 者 | 胡芷妡; | 書刊名 | 新史學 |
卷 期 | 26:4 2015.12[民104.12] |
頁 次 | 頁185-226 |
分類號 | 544.386 |
關鍵詞 | 英格蘭; 婦女; 倫敦; 遺囑; 中古晚期; 單身; England; Women; London; Wills; Late medieval; Unmarried; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 研究中古世紀英格蘭婦女的論著中,有關婦女地位的研究可以分為「樂觀」及「悲觀」兩派。悲觀派認為女性在傳統社會結構下,結婚及生兒育女被視為女性必經之路,女性一生必須生活在以男人為主體的「家庭」 (household)內,女性沒有自己的經濟及法律地位。反之,樂觀派認為中古英格蘭女性只要在丈夫死後,便可以透過寡婦的身分擁有自己的事業和享有經濟自主。但是兩派的研究都只著重婦女在婚姻之中兩性的勢力平衡,以及由婚姻延伸出來的社會及經濟地位,對於沒有結婚的女性則著墨不多。過去關於中古婦女地位的研究論著,認為沒有結婚的婦女在中古社會中往往被視為社會邊緣人而無法得到任何經濟及社會的保障。雖然大部分的中古英格蘭女性都會走向婚姻之路,但是否代表單身婦女便是無聲的一群?本文嘗試利用 30份年期從 1450到 1570年的中世紀晚期倫敦單身婦女的遺囑,分析單身婦女在中世紀倫敦的生活,透過遺囑資料了解她們的家庭、社交圈、經濟情況以及和教會的關係來說明中世紀倫敦的單身女性不一定是沉默又邊緣的一群。 |
英文摘要 | There has been an ongoing debate on the status of medieval women in England. The “pessimistic view” sees that the life cycle of women was limited to the household and that women were governed by the head of the household, such as their fathers and husbands. Women were attached to their husbands after marriage and were unable to gain an independent economic and social status in the society. However, some historians did not jump to this conclusion and took a more optimistic view, arguing that medieval women actually lived in a “Golden Age,” because women could control their own financial status and maintain their own businesses after the death of their husbands. However, both arguments only concerned how women gained or lost social status by examining their marriage status. It is indeed the case that marriage was the social norm for women in medieval England, but it is still necessary to exam the position of unmarried women. This research uses the wills of single women in London through the period 1450-1570 to reconsider their status and shed the light on their social circles, and concludes that single women were definitely not marginal members of society. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。