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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... influence of an ever more pervasive church . Although the position of women in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries differed in many ways from that of their precursors it is useful to take a quick look at the situation of women in the ...
... influence of an ever more pervasive church . Although the position of women in the twelfth to fifteenth centuries differed in many ways from that of their precursors it is useful to take a quick look at the situation of women in the ...
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... influence of the queen depended on two things - her position as king's consort and her own personal power . ← As long as the court was small the queen's opportunities for individual influence could be very great . Adelaide of Maurienne ...
... influence of the queen depended on two things - her position as king's consort and her own personal power . ← As long as the court was small the queen's opportunities for individual influence could be very great . Adelaide of Maurienne ...
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... influence on Jacques de Vitry . He was one of the great preachers of the early thirteenth century , the bishop of Acre , friend of popes , and later a cardinal and member of the curia . Vitry not only wrote Marie's life but also did a ...
... influence on Jacques de Vitry . He was one of the great preachers of the early thirteenth century , the bishop of Acre , friend of popes , and later a cardinal and member of the curia . Vitry not only wrote Marie's life but also did a ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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