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 78
... bishop of Le Mans , flattered by Baudri de Bourgueil in a lengthy and highly ornamented Latin poem . Baudri was a versifier , an abbot whose ambitions to be a bishop might , he felt , be aided by the countess's favour . His poem is ...
... bishop of Le Mans , flattered by Baudri de Bourgueil in a lengthy and highly ornamented Latin poem . Baudri was a versifier , an abbot whose ambitions to be a bishop might , he felt , be aided by the countess's favour . His poem is ...
Page 125
... bishop to make sure that her maintenance had been arranged . The prospective recluse might have a patron who would be responsible for her upkeep - Henry III was a great patron of recluses and so were some bishops . A woman who lived in ...
... bishop to make sure that her maintenance had been arranged . The prospective recluse might have a patron who would be responsible for her upkeep - Henry III was a great patron of recluses and so were some bishops . A woman who lived in ...
Page 128
... bishop and the local vicar . By 1322 , when she is referred to as Katherine de Audeley , recluse of Ledbury , she ... Bishop Gray of Lincoln commissioned the abbot of Thornton to deal with her request . The bishop had heard that : she ...
... bishop and the local vicar . By 1322 , when she is referred to as Katherine de Audeley , recluse of Ledbury , she ... Bishop Gray of Lincoln commissioned the abbot of Thornton to deal with her request . The bishop had heard that : she ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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