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 104
... religious life . The twelfth century saw the development of new religious en- thusiasms , and new orders of men and women to embody them , as the Benedictine ideal lost its place in the forefront of intellectual and theological activity ...
... religious life . The twelfth century saw the development of new religious en- thusiasms , and new orders of men and women to embody them , as the Benedictine ideal lost its place in the forefront of intellectual and theological activity ...
Page 187
... religious life . However , as the church urged a stricter , more overtly religious rule for those serving in hospitals , they were required to take vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , wear a religious habit , and spend more time ...
... religious life . However , as the church urged a stricter , more overtly religious rule for those serving in hospitals , they were required to take vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , wear a religious habit , and spend more time ...
Page 190
... religious rule their days were so filled with labour that their attendance at religious exercises was limited to matins , high mass , and vespers . The sisters ate their two meals a day together in their own refectory . Like the ...
... religious rule their days were so filled with labour that their attendance at religious exercises was limited to matins , high mass , and vespers . The sisters ate their two meals a day together in their own refectory . Like the ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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abbess abbey abbot Abelard active Agnes Alice became beguines bishop Blanche Blanche of Castile British Library brother castle Cathars childbirth Christine de Pizan church Cistercian Clare clerical convent countess court crusade daughter death Dhuoda died early ecclesiastical Edward Eleanor Eleanor of Aquitaine Elizabeth emphasis encouraged England English female fifteenth century fourteenth century France French girls heir Héloïse Henry Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen hospital Hôtel-Dieu household husband important influence insisted Isabella Jeanne king king's lands later lepers lives livres Lollard London Louis Mahaut male manor Margery Margery Kempe Marguerite Marie marriage married medicine medieval medieval women Middle Ages mother mystics noble ladies nunnery nuns occasionally officials Paris peasant piety practical prioress prostitutes queen Radegund recluse recognised religious responsibility rich royal rule secular servants sick sisters social suggests thirteenth century trade trans treatise twelfth century widow wife wives woman wrote young