Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Summer 2014 Family, property, and negotiations of authority: Francoise Brulart and the estate management of noble women in early modern Burgundy Amy Kathleen Rogers Dean Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the European History Commons, Women's History Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Rogers Dean, Amy Kathleen, "Family, property, and negotiations of authority: Francoise Brulart and the estate management of noble women in early modern Burgundy" (2014). Open Access Dissertations. 253. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/253 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. *UDGXDWH6FKRRO)RUP30 5HYLVHG 0814 PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance 7KLVLVWRFHUWLI\WKDWWKHWKHVLVGLVVHUWDWLRQSUHSDUHG %\ Amy K. Rogers Dean (QWLWOHG FAMILY, PROPERTY, AND NEGOTIATIONS OF AUTHORITY: FRANÇOISE BRULART AND THE ESTATE MANAGEMENT OF NOBLE WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN BURGUNDY Doctor of Philosophy )RUWKHGHJUHHRI ,VDSSURYHGE\WKHILQDOH[DPLQLQJFRPPLWWHH James R. Farr Silvia Mitchell Whitney Walton Nancy Gabin To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Thesis/Dissertation Agreement, Publication Delay, and Certification/Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 32), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy on Integrity in Research” and the use of copyrighted material. James R. Farr $SSURYHGE\0DMRU3URIHVVRU V BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB $SSURYHGE\R. Douglas Hurt 08/04/2014 +HDGRIWKHDepartment *UDGXDWH3URJUDP 'DWH i FAMILY, PROPERTY, AND NEGOTIATIONS OF AUTHORITY: FRANÇOISE BRULART AND THE ESTATE MANAGEMENT OF NOBLE WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN BURGUNDY A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Amy K. Rogers Dean In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2014 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation would not have been possible without the support of so many wonderful people in my life. While I was an undergraduate at Texas Christian University, I came to the realization that it was not so much the French conjugations and grammar that I loved about my French courses, but rather the courses that focused on French history and culture. This awareness was cemented in the first of several courses I had the privilege of taking with Dr. Julie Hardwick. Julie made Early Modern France and Early Modern Women come alive, inspiring me to do the same. After graduation, she continued to be a mentor, encouraging me to apply to graduate programs, and offering valuable suggestions that led me to work with Dr. James Farr at Purdue University. As my major field advisor for both my M.A. and Ph.D., Jim mentored me through his teaching, archival knowledge, and research suggestions. His patience, encouragement, and continued belief in both my project and in me are the reason I was able to complete it. For this, I am forever grateful. My 11-month research trip to France could not have become a reality without the generous funding provided by the Department of History at Purdue University, including the Woodman Graduate Research Award, the James J. Shevlin Study Abroad Scholarship, the Purdue Graduate School Summer Research Grant, the Paul and Reed iii Benhamou Graduate Scholarship in History, and the Alsace-Indiana Exchange Scholarship. While conducting my research in Dijon, France, I received courteous assistance from archivists and staff at the the Archives Municipales de Dijon, the Bibliothèque Municipale de Dijon, and the Archives Départementales de la Côte d’Or. At the BMD, the staff always made great efforts to locate sources and even to create extra space for researchers during exam periods when undergraduates took over much of this ancient library. The vast majority of my time was spent immersed in the collections at the ADCO where the staff was always friendly and helpful as I navigated through the documents and the research process. While at work in the ADCO, I was extremely fortunate to cross paths with Drs. Michael Breen, Chris Corley, Jeremy Hayhoe, and Linda Lierheimer, each of whom offered wonderful research leads and advice while treating me to unexpected (though very welcome) meals. Additionally, through Purdue’s graduate student exchange program with the Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg, France, I was able to meet Dr. Jean-Pierre Dormois, as well as to audit courses on Early Modern France from Drs. Antoine Follain and Jean-Pascal Gay, all of whom welcomed me to the university, offered suggestions and contacts, and demonstrated great patience with my French speaking skills. At Purdue, I developed many friendships with fellow graduate students who profoundly enriched my way thinking about the past as well as the present. I am a better person and historian for knowing them all. Thank you to my dear friends and kindred spirits, Drs. Erin Kempker, Sara Morris and Hira Bhattacharyya for years of coffee and conversations over which we shared our projects and our lives. Thanks are also due to iv Emily Miller, Drs. Ryan Anderson, and Scott Randolph whose friendship and advice will be forever valued. I was extremely fortunate to have been part of a trio of graduate students working with Jim at the same time. Drs. Elise Dermineur and Jessica Nelson became not only sounding boards for research ideas, but lifelong friends. Thank you to Dr. Hollie Morgan for providing friendship and encouragement which helped sustain me through the writing process. I would also like to thank the professors and committee members who both inspired and encouraged me along my journey, including Drs. Franklin Lambert and Melinda Zook, as well as Dr. Silvia Mitchell who served on my dissertation committee and offered welcomed comparative suggestions on women in Early Modern Spain. I owe much appreciation to Dr. Whitney Walton who graciously served on both my exam and dissertation committees, and who mentored me both as a student and as her teaching assistant. I am extremely grateful to Dr. Nancy Gabin for her mentorship, for serving as my M.A. and Ph.D. minor field advisor, and for putting up with a Europeanist taking as many of her courses as possible. There are so many lifelong friends whose continued love and support brightened my soul even in the most stressful of times including Emily Wright Bourget, Stephanie Bruce, Ashley and Max Shindeldecker, Lucy Ashley, and Kristin Byrd Parra. Thank you to Dr. Amanda Nowlin-O’Banion for all of the above, for editorial recommendations, and for our afternoon teas. Most of all, I would like to thank my family. This dissertation is dedicated to them for their unwavering support and belief in me. I would particularly like to acknowledge the strong matriarchs that I have had the privilege of knowing and who v have inspired me, including Erma Lee Allen Rogers, Lena Kelly Robinson, Bessie Maude Shaw Robinson, June Williams Rogers, Susan Rogers Fowler, and my mother. Thank you to my grandfathers, J.L. Robinson and H.C. Rogers, Jr., for their proud support of their granddaughter who walked to the beat of a different drum than they were familiar with. Thanks to my aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws who always inquired about my project and progress. Thank you to my sister Emily Rogers Mooney, her husband Chad, and their two children Avery and Carter, who lovingly understood the rarity of my appearances during the dissertation process. To my parents, Tom Rogers and Jan Robinson Rogers, who nurtured my dreams and offered continuous support without question across all levels of my education, even taking in our two dachshunds for nearly a year while we were in France. A special thank you to my father for inspiring my love of history, and for decades of editorial suggestions culminating in reading through my rather lengthy dissertation. Most importantly, I would like to thank my husband of nearly 16 years, Doug Dean, who signed on, without full disclosure, to the emotional roller coaster that embodies graduate school and the dissertation process. For his unwavering love, friendship, and support, this achievement is as much his as mine. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1 The Duchy of Burgundy and the Backdrop of War ........................................................5 Demographics and the Economy ..................................................................................12 Noblesse de Robe ..........................................................................................................16 Noble Women ...............................................................................................................18 The case of Françoise Brulart .......................................................................................27 CHAPTER 2: A COLLABORATIVE MARRIAGE .......................................................33 The Structure of the Account Books .............................................................................34 Receipts .........................................................................................................................38 Expenses ........................................................................................................................54