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Some historians believe that for women in England, it was a golden one.
In the 14th century, a widow inherited at least a third of her husband’s property.
Women often gained domestic autonomy when they married, living in new households with their husband and children, rather than with their parents or in-laws.
The law was unevenly applied in the Middle Ages and early modern England.
Women often managed to maintain a separate estate, and even to continue trading as separate entities from their husbands.
Judges began to impose a more restrictive understanding of married women’s rights.
Scholars such as Susan Staves have suggested that liberal treatment of women precipitated a backlash.
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