This volume brings historical analysis to bear on the issue of gender and the law, providing a comprehensive overview of European women's legal history and contributing to new insights to the fields of legal studies, women's studies, and modern European history.
Sara L. Kimble is a historian at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Marion Röwekamp is Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at UNAM and the Colegio de México in Mexico City.