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, begars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women |
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In a large, rich nunnery with many farms and much livestock the position really
required an efficient executive, but advice to nuns reminded her that she should
do all this willingly. The caution was also added that she should not favour
herself ...
In a large, rich nunnery with many farms and much livestock the position really
required an efficient executive, but advice to nuns reminded her that she should
do all this willingly. The caution was also added that she should not favour
herself ...
Page 100
woman of social standing who did not, or could not, marry had no other dignified
option but to take up religious life. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries some
fathers of no great wealth continued to found small nunneries, looking for suitable
...
woman of social standing who did not, or could not, marry had no other dignified
option but to take up religious life. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries some
fathers of no great wealth continued to found small nunneries, looking for suitable
...
Page 107
The Cistercian general chapter disliked this and made various attempts to
disavow any official responsibility for nuns, but nunneries following the Cistercian
rule continued to proliferate. Occasionally they were very grand indeed, such as
the ...
The Cistercian general chapter disliked this and made various attempts to
disavow any official responsibility for nuns, but nunneries following the Cistercian
rule continued to proliferate. Occasionally they were very grand indeed, such as
the ...
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Contents
The Precursors | 1 |
The Mould for Medieval Women | 18 |
Queens | 44 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life History. Women's studies |
| Author | Margaret Wade Labarge |
| Edition | 4, illustrated |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0807056278, 9780807056271 |
| Length | 271 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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