The Marital Economy in Scandinavia and Britain 1400-1900

Contents: Introduction: the marital economy in comparative perspective, Amy Louise Erickson. Part I Forming the Partnership: Marriage or money? Legal actions for enforcement of marriage contracts in Norway, Hanne Marie Johansen Making marriages in early modern England: rethinking the role of family and friends, Catherine Frances Forming the partnership socially and economically: a Swedish local elite, 1650-1770, Gudrun Andersson Forming the marital economy in the early modern Finnish countryside, Anu PylkkAnen Servants in rural England c.1450-1650: hired work as a means of accumulating wealth and skills before marriage, Jane Whittle. Part II Managing the Partnership: Decision-making on marital property in Norway, 1500-1800, Hilde Sandvik Property and authority in Danish marital law, Inger DA beck Marital conflict over the gender division of labour in agrarian households, Sweden 1750-1850, Rosemarie Fiebranz Working together? Different understandings of marital relations in late 19th-century Finland, Ann-Catrin A-stman. Part III Dissolving the Partnership: Marriage trouble, separation and divorce in early modern Norway, Hanne Marie Johansen 'To the longer liver': provisions for the dissolution of the marital economy in Scotland, 1470-1550, Elizabeth Ewan Death and donation: different channels of property transfer in late medieval Iceland, Agnes S. ArnA^3rsdA^3ttir Individualism or self-sacrifice? Decision-making and retirement within the early modern marital economy in Sweden, Maria A...gren. Afterword: Recovering a lost inheritance: the marital economy and its absence from the prehistory of economics in Britain, Michael Roberts. Bibliography Glossary Index.