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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... fourteenth century circulated widely on the Continent in both Latin and the vernaculars , usually in somewhat abridged form . By the fifteenth century it had also been translated into English.25 Finally in her turn Gertrude of Helfta ...
... fourteenth century circulated widely on the Continent in both Latin and the vernaculars , usually in somewhat abridged form . By the fifteenth century it had also been translated into English.25 Finally in her turn Gertrude of Helfta ...
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... fourteenth century , Isabelle la Chandelière had been received into the hospital for a gift of 100s or five livres , but she had already cost the house more than six livres and gave no service . The social levels of such pensioners con ...
... fourteenth century , Isabelle la Chandelière had been received into the hospital for a gift of 100s or five livres , but she had already cost the house more than six livres and gave no service . The social levels of such pensioners con ...
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... century custumary ' , 422-28 12 E. Le Roy Ladurie , Montaillou ( New York 1978 ) , 153-68 13 Le Pileur , Prostitution , 4 , 6 14 Rossiaud , ' Prostitution ' , 293-301 : J. Bellamy , Crime and Public Order in England in the Later Middle ...
... century custumary ' , 422-28 12 E. Le Roy Ladurie , Montaillou ( New York 1978 ) , 153-68 13 Le Pileur , Prostitution , 4 , 6 14 Rossiaud , ' Prostitution ' , 293-301 : J. Bellamy , Crime and Public Order in England in the Later Middle ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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