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 112
... allowed no stranger to eat with the nuns in their refectory and , although the ladies of the party were allowed to enter the dormitory to see the nuns ' beds with their rope springs and hard mattresses , the gentlemen were kept outside ...
... allowed no stranger to eat with the nuns in their refectory and , although the ladies of the party were allowed to enter the dormitory to see the nuns ' beds with their rope springs and hard mattresses , the gentlemen were kept outside ...
Page 117
... allowed occasional exceptions . Since beguines had neither formalised rules and establishments like nuns , nor were always subject to the parish clergy , they were easily suspect . Their lack of status and amorphous organisation made ...
... allowed occasional exceptions . Since beguines had neither formalised rules and establishments like nuns , nor were always subject to the parish clergy , they were easily suspect . Their lack of status and amorphous organisation made ...
Page 153
... allowed to take female apprentices under much the same regulations as men , but girls were not allowed in a workshop unless the wife was also there , a basic safeguard for them . Although information is more extensive for Paris and ...
... allowed to take female apprentices under much the same regulations as men , but girls were not allowed in a workshop unless the wife was also there , a basic safeguard for them . Although information is more extensive for Paris and ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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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