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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... active , and politically astute to journey personally over the Pyrenees in winter to visit her daughter at the court of Castile and arrange yet another marriage . She hoped that the wedding of one of her Castilian grand - daughters ...
... active , and politically astute to journey personally over the Pyrenees in winter to visit her daughter at the court of Castile and arrange yet another marriage . She hoped that the wedding of one of her Castilian grand - daughters ...
Page 211
... active than the men . Any women involved in preaching or debating were usually upper- class , like Esclarmonde of Foix , the widowed sister of Count Raymond- Roger . Esclarmonde was the mother of six children but , as a widow , became a ...
... active than the men . Any women involved in preaching or debating were usually upper- class , like Esclarmonde of Foix , the widowed sister of Count Raymond- Roger . Esclarmonde was the mother of six children but , as a widow , became a ...
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... Active by Jean Henry . C.M.T. Assistance Publique 45 Activities at the Hôtel - Dieu , Paris . Livre de Vie Active by Jean Henry . C.M.T. Assistance Publique 46 A woman leper , from the Exeter Pontifical . British Library 47 Lust as a ...
... Active by Jean Henry . C.M.T. Assistance Publique 45 Activities at the Hôtel - Dieu , Paris . Livre de Vie Active by Jean Henry . C.M.T. Assistance Publique 46 A woman leper , from the Exeter Pontifical . British Library 47 Lust as a ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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