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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... church courts . In the twelfth century this insistence still ran counter to the earlier secular practice , which regarded marriage as primarily an alliance with social or economic advantages rather than a religious rite controlled by church ...
... church courts . In the twelfth century this insistence still ran counter to the earlier secular practice , which regarded marriage as primarily an alliance with social or economic advantages rather than a religious rite controlled by church ...
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... church and to have been particularly plagued by feminine visitors of whom the straitlaced archbishop disapproved . At least , unlike the visitations of Godstow abbey by Pecham and later bishops , Wherwell did not suffer the continuous ...
... church and to have been particularly plagued by feminine visitors of whom the straitlaced archbishop disapproved . At least , unlike the visitations of Godstow abbey by Pecham and later bishops , Wherwell did not suffer the continuous ...
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... church had been unaffected by the earlier move- ments of reform , so that when the twelfth century revival of popular piety finally made an impact on the Occitans , their lack of respect for the mediocre and worldly leaders of the church ...
... church had been unaffected by the earlier move- ments of reform , so that when the twelfth century revival of popular piety finally made an impact on the Occitans , their lack of respect for the mediocre and worldly leaders of the church ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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