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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Page 139
... Margery Kempe is an unlikely figure to find in a gallery of female mystics , and her claim to be included as such is still much disputed . Wife of a burgess of Lynn and daughter of its mayor , Margery belonged to the well- established ...
... Margery Kempe is an unlikely figure to find in a gallery of female mystics , and her claim to be included as such is still much disputed . Wife of a burgess of Lynn and daughter of its mayor , Margery belonged to the well- established ...
Page 141
Women in Medieval Life Margaret Wade LaBarge. Margery Kempe was a strange and awkward figure in a century which had convenient pigeonholes for women - either as a maid or widow living a recognised religious life , or as a respectable ...
Women in Medieval Life Margaret Wade LaBarge. Margery Kempe was a strange and awkward figure in a century which had convenient pigeonholes for women - either as a maid or widow living a recognised religious life , or as a respectable ...
Page 246
... Margery Kempe , trans . W. Butler Bowdon ( London 1936 ) , 215-16 , 82 38 Ste - Marie Perrin , Ste . Colette and Her Reform , trans . C. Maguire , ed . G. O'Neill ( London 1923 ) , 313 39 The complete Book of Margery Kempe , ed . by ...
... Margery Kempe , trans . W. Butler Bowdon ( London 1936 ) , 215-16 , 82 38 Ste - Marie Perrin , Ste . Colette and Her Reform , trans . C. Maguire , ed . G. O'Neill ( London 1923 ) , 313 39 The complete Book of Margery Kempe , ed . by ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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