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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... young woman . Such a young woman might have to deal for some years with the guardian- ship of minor children and be responsible for maintaining the family assets for their benefit against considerable outside pressure . It is a tribute ...
... young woman . Such a young woman might have to deal for some years with the guardian- ship of minor children and be responsible for maintaining the family assets for their benefit against considerable outside pressure . It is a tribute ...
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... young men often practised sexual violence - what would now be called gang rape - on lower - class women between fifteen and thirty , either innocent girls or young wives whose husbands were temporarily absent . In those communities this ...
... young men often practised sexual violence - what would now be called gang rape - on lower - class women between fifteen and thirty , either innocent girls or young wives whose husbands were temporarily absent . In those communities this ...
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... young Edward , and fifteen years later she was amusing his young half - brothers with another performance , 11 The routine of such an acrobat would resemble what we now see as the floor display of gymnasts . It was a hard life , and ...
... young Edward , and fifteen years later she was amusing his young half - brothers with another performance , 11 The routine of such an acrobat would resemble what we now see as the floor display of gymnasts . It was a hard life , and ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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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