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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... treatises of instruction in all areas of life , both clerical and secular writers provided works setting out their ... treatise in Latin for Queen Marguerite of Provence , the wife of Louis IX , on the education of noble children . He ...
... treatises of instruction in all areas of life , both clerical and secular writers provided works setting out their ... treatise in Latin for Queen Marguerite of Provence , the wife of Louis IX , on the education of noble children . He ...
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... treatise in French which compared the court of heaven to the royal court of England and wrote to an Oxford master about one of her books.2 Eleanor seems to have been a good , even rapacious businesswoman and she was certainly informed ...
... treatise in French which compared the court of heaven to the royal court of England and wrote to an Oxford master about one of her books.2 Eleanor seems to have been a good , even rapacious businesswoman and she was certainly informed ...
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... treatise with some moral directives on remaining chaste and avoiding pride but , as seems suitable for those whom he wished to guide in the footsteps of Mary rather than Martha , he concluded with a long meditation on the life of Christ ...
... treatise with some moral directives on remaining chaste and avoiding pride but , as seems suitable for those whom he wished to guide in the footsteps of Mary rather than Martha , he concluded with a long meditation on the life of Christ ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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