A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval LifeDescribes the daily life of noblewomen, nuns, and peasants in feudal England and Europe, looks at the treatment of lepers, beggars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 20
Page 94
... Alice de Bryene for 1412-13 and her steward's account for the year ending Michaelmas 1419 provide a useful peephole into the more down - to - earth activity of the only moderately well - to - do noble lady.30 Dame Alice was widowed in ...
... Alice de Bryene for 1412-13 and her steward's account for the year ending Michaelmas 1419 provide a useful peephole into the more down - to - earth activity of the only moderately well - to - do noble lady.30 Dame Alice was widowed in ...
Page 95
... Alice's day - book and the accounts of her steward vividly bring to mind Christine de Pizan's vignette of how the lady of the manor should rule her servants and all that she should do herself . This household was relatively small and ...
... Alice's day - book and the accounts of her steward vividly bring to mind Christine de Pizan's vignette of how the lady of the manor should rule her servants and all that she should do herself . This household was relatively small and ...
Page 261
... Alice Colyns , 15th c . Lollard , 213 Alice de Bryene , Dame , ( d . 1453 ) , 94-95 Alice de Salesbury , 14th c . beggar , 205 Alice de Schishurst , 13th c . poor peasant , 159 Alice Emson , 14th c . felon , 208 Alice Perrers , mistress ...
... Alice Colyns , 15th c . Lollard , 213 Alice de Bryene , Dame , ( d . 1453 ) , 94-95 Alice de Salesbury , 14th c . beggar , 205 Alice de Schishurst , 13th c . poor peasant , 159 Alice Emson , 14th c . felon , 208 Alice Perrers , mistress ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbess abbey abbot Abelard active Agnes Alice became beguines bishop Blanche Blanche of Castile British Library brother castle Cathars childbirth Christine de Pizan church Cistercian Clare clerical convent countess court crusade daughter death Dhuoda died early ecclesiastical Edward Eleanor Eleanor of Aquitaine Elizabeth emphasis encouraged England English female fifteenth century fourteenth century France French girls heir Héloïse Henry Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen hospital Hôtel-Dieu household husband important influence insisted Isabella Jeanne king king's lands later lepers lives livres Lollard London Louis Mahaut male manor Margery Margery Kempe Marguerite Marie marriage married medicine medieval medieval women Middle Ages mother mystics noble ladies nunnery nuns occasionally officials Paris peasant piety practical prioress prostitutes queen Radegund recluse recognised religious responsibility rich royal rule secular servants sick sisters social suggests thirteenth century trade trans treatise twelfth century widow wife wives woman wrote young