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. |
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... Dhuoda and Hrotsvitha . Dhuoda is an extraordi- nary and rather pathetic figure . She was born into a family of the higher nobility at the beginning of the ninth century , and in 824 was married to Bernard , duke of Septimania and a ...
... Dhuoda and Hrotsvitha . Dhuoda is an extraordi- nary and rather pathetic figure . She was born into a family of the higher nobility at the beginning of the ninth century , and in 824 was married to Bernard , duke of Septimania and a ...
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... Dhuoda's husband was executed for treason in 844 by Charles the Bald . The elder son then joined the Aquitanian rebels , was captured and executed in his turn in 849. We know nothing of Dhuoda except what her Manual tells us , but it ...
... Dhuoda's husband was executed for treason in 844 by Charles the Bald . The elder son then joined the Aquitanian rebels , was captured and executed in his turn in 849. We know nothing of Dhuoda except what her Manual tells us , but it ...
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... Dhuoda , Manuel pour mon fils , ed . P. Riché , SC 225 ( Paris 1975 ) , 352-53 12 P. Dronke , Women Writers of the Middle Ages ( Cambridge 1984 ) , 36 13 Ibid . , 56-57 14 Some translated excerpts from this play , including the kitchen ...
... Dhuoda , Manuel pour mon fils , ed . P. Riché , SC 225 ( Paris 1975 ) , 352-53 12 P. Dronke , Women Writers of the Middle Ages ( Cambridge 1984 ) , 36 13 Ibid . , 56-57 14 Some translated excerpts from this play , including the kitchen ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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