Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century and that women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized.

The Urban Context Activity and Continuity: Patterns of Women's Economic Participation 'Her and All Her Property': Gender and Property Transactions Webs of Credit and Circulation of Wealth Married Partners and Single Women as Producers and Sellers The Changing Fortunes of the Burgher and Patrimonial Constructions