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Mrs Helena Aylward : a British Catholic mother, spouse and businesswoman in the commercial age (1705-1714)
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Pizzoni , Giada (2017) Mrs Helena Aylward : a British Catholic mother, spouse and businesswoman in the commercial age (1705-1714). British Catholic History, 33 (4). pp. 603-621. doi:10.1017/bch.2017.27 ISSN 2055-7973.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/bch.2017.27
Abstract
Mrs Helena Aylward, as a Catholic merchant and investor, enriches the literature on both female Catholicism and on the Atlantic-Mediterranean trade. Recent historiography has stressed the importance of women in business, but Catholic women have been overlooked in the mercantile world and in the British fiscal-military economy. I contend that female Catholics were accustomed to their husband’s dealings, and after bereavement, took financial responsibility for the family’s business. Helena was proactive and did not limit herself to the exchanges already established by her husband. She moved independently and diversified her trade with financial investments. Mrs Aylward’s involvement in business challenges the prevailing image of Catholic women as wives, patrons or nuns. She suggests a new economic role for British female Catholics: entrepreneurs that succeeded in a Protestant and patriarchal maritime world. 1
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Catholic women -- England -- History -- 17th century, Women merchants -- England -- History -- 17th century, Women-owned business enterprises, Women merchants -- England -- Social conditions, England -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century, Women -- England -- Economic conditions, Markets -- England -- History, Aylward, Helena | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Catholic History | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2055-7973 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 6 September 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 603-621 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/bch.2017.27 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 March 2017 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 December 2017 | ||||||
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