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 151
... livres in the tax of 1313 including , to our surprise , Dame Marie the Beguine , assessed at 22 livres . Much the same pattern is visible in the Paris tax rolls of the first half of the fifteenth century . The percentages at that time ...
... livres in the tax of 1313 including , to our surprise , Dame Marie the Beguine , assessed at 22 livres . Much the same pattern is visible in the Paris tax rolls of the first half of the fifteenth century . The percentages at that time ...
Page 152
... livres , but only paid 7 livres 10 sous , while a woman chasuble maker was assessed at 72 sous , but only paid 60. Other high assessments remained : Perronnelle the pepperer paid a tax of 18 livres , and Marie the felt - maker and her ...
... livres , but only paid 7 livres 10 sous , while a woman chasuble maker was assessed at 72 sous , but only paid 60. Other high assessments remained : Perronnelle the pepperer paid a tax of 18 livres , and Marie the felt - maker and her ...
Page 187
... livres , but she had already cost the house more than six livres and gave no service . The social levels of such pensioners con- tinued to rise , for in Paris a century later the sister of the bishop of Meaux was a hospital pensioner ...
... livres , but she had already cost the house more than six livres and gave no service . The social levels of such pensioners con- tinued to rise , for in Paris a century later the sister of the bishop of Meaux was a hospital pensioner ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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