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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... church courts . In the twelfth century this insistence still ran counter to the earlier secular practice , which regarded marriage as primarily an alliance with social or economic advantages rather than a religious rite controlled by church ...
... church courts . In the twelfth century this insistence still ran counter to the earlier secular practice , which regarded marriage as primarily an alliance with social or economic advantages rather than a religious rite controlled by church ...
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... church , which had little understanding or sympathy for popular or emotional currents of piety . Pious women especially could fall foul of church authorities as they moved into the depths of mysticism suspected by canon lawyers and ...
... church , which had little understanding or sympathy for popular or emotional currents of piety . Pious women especially could fall foul of church authorities as they moved into the depths of mysticism suspected by canon lawyers and ...
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... Church History : Subsidia I 1978 ) , 206–9 The Register of Eudes of Rouen , trans . by S. M. Brown , ed . J. F. O'Sullivan ( New York , London 1964 ) , 110 , 293 : Register ... Peckham 1 , 82–83 5 Langlois , Vie en France 2 , 341–42 6 ...
... Church History : Subsidia I 1978 ) , 206–9 The Register of Eudes of Rouen , trans . by S. M. Brown , ed . J. F. O'Sullivan ( New York , London 1964 ) , 110 , 293 : Register ... Peckham 1 , 82–83 5 Langlois , Vie en France 2 , 341–42 6 ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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