Women Governing Households. Singleness, Widowhood and Abandonment in the Land of Campos Palentina in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyse the female heads of household in three localities in Palencia: Paredes de Nava, Fuentes de Don Bermudo and Frechilla, using the data contained in the Ensenada tax work. The aim is to find out their age, their marital status, the family typology that predominated in their homes and the survival strategies they developed in the absence or definitive absence of the male. This work will contribute to the knowledge of women in a geographical area where research on this subject is still scarce.