WIDOWS´ POLITICAL STRATEGIES IN TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES: NEGOTIATING MARITAL STATUS AND AUTHORITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE ELISE M. DERMINEUR, PH.D. UMEÅ UNIVERSITY UMEÅ GROUP FOR PREMODERN STUDIES HTTP://WWW.ORG.UMU.SE/UGPS/ENG/ http://www.elise-dermineur.eu/