How Did Women's Lives Change in the Later Song Period

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Essay

How did women's lives change in the later Song period? What sources do historians use to answer this question?

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Foundation

An entity established to allocate funds or support to causes and activities according to its mission, often for charitable, educational, or research purposes.

Profit À Prendre

is a legal term denoting the right to take something from another's land, such as natural resources, for use or sale.

Dominant Property

The property that benefits from an easement, which is a right to cross or otherwise use someone else's land for a specified purpose.

Trade Fixtures

Items of personal property brought upon the land by a tenant that are necessary to carry on the trade or business to which the premises will be devoted. Contrary to the general rule, trade fixtures remain the personal property of the tenant and are removable at the expiration of the terms of occupancy.