English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages 
.... In "The
Widow and Her
Lands," we read that Elizabeth de Burgh was a particularly willful woman who refused to buckle under the pressures of the patriarchal ....
(1761
7
)
Russian Peasant Family Life
.... These "
lands" were modest enough, since most of the farming was subsistence level and not .... Worobec begins her text with an anecdote of a
widow who lost her land ....
(1498
6
)
The Book of Ruth
.... a negotiation with his older brother, who has first pick of bride and
lands to go .... practice of enabling the brother of a deceased husband to marry the
widow (67 ....
(1561
6
)
Several Political Science Essays
.... consolidated territory and government administration of all Hohenzollern
lands, which gradually .... accession of Catherine the Great, Peter III's
widow, to power. ....
(5320
21
)
Biography of Mark Twain & Huckleberry Finn
.... Judge Thatcher and the
Widow Douglas attempt to gain custody of Huck but a new judge .... money from Huck and gets drunk, causing trouble in town that
lands him in ....
(11182
45
)
Swift and Equiano
.... in the form of trade based on slavery and exploitation of indigenous peoples and
lands. .... he is sold to a merchant who is friends with a wealthy
widow who has an ....
(2250
9
)
Founding of Cumae, Italy
.... the cause of justice, and who ignore the plea and tears of the
widow and the .... is widely revered by many of the tribes which live in these western
lands, as far ....
(3675
15
)
Lord Byron
.... a substantial portion of his wife's dowry having "squandered the
lands of Gight .... abandoned by her husband, Bryon's mother as the young
widow nevertheless spent ....
(2562
10
)
Sophocles' play Oedipus The King
.... mother, that he "afled, fled from the dark South where Corinth lay,/To
lands far off .... By killing Laius, he has left Thebes without a king and Jacosta a
widow. ....
(1052
4
)
Ancient Egypt Prose Tales
.... For you are father to the orphan, / Husband to the
widow, / Brother to .... and imperialism existed in the form of resource expeditions to foreign
lands to enhance ....
(1062
4
)
Women in European Society
.... For every
widow of a craft guild member who petitioned to maintain title .... In Protestant
lands, such communities of women as nunneries were disbanded, which may ....
(1655
7
)
Battle of Gettysburg,
.... on the farm
lands and fields in the Gettysburg area where the battle had taken place. For example, much damage occurred on the farm of the
widow Lydia A ....
(2085
8
)
Historical Events of the Film Amistad
.... Years before this, generations of immigrants had struggled as pioneers to cultivate
lands and build .... In one scene of the film we see an elderly
widow named Mrs ....
(3075
12
)
Stephen: First King of Austria
.... He demanded both the throne and the duke's
widow, Princess Sarolta (Sharolt), as .... Stephen seized
lands held by rebel tribes and divided them among loyal subjects ....
(3117
12
)
Roles of the Pyramids and Funeral Rituals in Old Kingdom Egypt
.... Isis, the
widow of Osiris, collected the fragments and put them back together .... and his son, Horus, who eventually battled for exclusive domain over the
lands. ....
(3838
15
)
Antifeminist Tradition
.... expedition, she assumed sole responsibility for her children, family
lands, and honors. .... and endorses courtly though forbidden love; and "The
Widow and the ....
(3021
12
)
Portrayal of Lawyers & Judges in Literature
.... growing financial and political influence achieves control of Mrs. Forrester,
widow of a .... a dependent judge can never be impartial and he had
lands and houses ....
(3702
15
)
Unfavorable Portrayal of Lawyers & Judges
.... growing financial and political influence achieves control of Mrs. Forrester,
widow of a .... a dependent judge can never be impartial--and he had
lands and houses ....
(3677
15
)
Women & the Environment in Cather's Work The Story of Woman and ...
.... risk the little capital her family has and subdue the high
lands, as she .... Mrs. Forrester; that she was not willing to immolate herself, like the
widow of all ....
(9264
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