The Role of the Basque Woman As Etxeko-Andrea: “The Mistress of the House”
Roslyn M. Frank The remarkable role of women in 16th century French Basque law codes The Remarkable Role of Women in 16th Century French Basque Law Codes This file consists of three lightly revised versions of papers published originally in 1977, along with responses to them by Rachel Bard, Tacoma Community College, Jon Bilbao, University of Nevada, Reno, and Eugene Goyheneche, Université de Pau (France), respectively. The text includes an Appendix with a transcription of the “Doléances du sexes de st. Jean de luz et cibour au roi”, dating from 1789 and which originally appeared in print in 1922. Paper # 1. The role of the Basque woman and Etxeko-andrea: “The mistress of the house”. Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. IV, 14-21. Santa Barbara, California, 1977. Paper # 2. Inheritance, marriage and dowry rights in the Navarrese and French Basque law codes, Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. IV, 22-31. Santa Barbara, California; Paper #3. Women's rights and the 'Doléances du Sexe de St. Jean de Luz et Cibour au Roi', Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Vol. IV, 32-39. Santa Barbara, California. The Role of the Basque Woman as Etxeko-Andrea: “The Mistress of the House” Roslyn M. Frank and Shelley Lowenberg Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of Iowa In the first paper of this three-part presentation entitled "Research on the Role of Women in French Basque Culture," we shall limit ourselves to describing the role of the Basque woman as it was portrayed by the law codes of the three Basque provinces of Labourd, Basse-Navarre and Soule.1 Although we shall be utilizing the French text of these codes in this presentation, in all cases where the original Bearnaise texts were available, the French translations were checked for accuracy against the originals.
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