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 74
... thirteenth centuries when women ruled in Aquitaine , Burgundy , Champagne , and Flanders , often for many years . In England too great noble families could lack male heirs in successive generations , as the earldom of Salisbury ...
... thirteenth centuries when women ruled in Aquitaine , Burgundy , Champagne , and Flanders , often for many years . In England too great noble families could lack male heirs in successive generations , as the earldom of Salisbury ...
Page 174
... thirteenth - century women doctors can be seen in action . Laurette de St - Valery , widow of the lord of Longpré near Amiens , learned medicine so as to help the poor , after her husband had gone on crusade and died in Constantinople ...
... thirteenth - century women doctors can be seen in action . Laurette de St - Valery , widow of the lord of Longpré near Amiens , learned medicine so as to help the poor , after her husband had gone on crusade and died in Constantinople ...
Page 222
... thirteenth centuries , although their works were pedestrian . Barking Abbey produced Clemence and an anonymous ' nun of Barking ' in the twelfth century . Each wrote a saint's life in Anglo - Norman verse , primarily to serve as ...
... thirteenth centuries , although their works were pedestrian . Barking Abbey produced Clemence and an anonymous ' nun of Barking ' in the twelfth century . Each wrote a saint's life in Anglo - Norman verse , primarily to serve as ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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