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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... convent where they could be kept safe from the distractions and temptations of the world , from which they would emerge as rarely as possible , and into which seculars with their disturbing ideas and fashions would not enter . In line ...
... convent where they could be kept safe from the distractions and temptations of the world , from which they would emerge as rarely as possible , and into which seculars with their disturbing ideas and fashions would not enter . In line ...
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... convent at the age of four and professed at seventeen . She was elected prioress when only thirty- three and ruled her house for twenty years with wisdom and distinction . Among her community of some 200 nuns was Marie de France , a ...
... convent at the age of four and professed at seventeen . She was elected prioress when only thirty- three and ruled her house for twenty years with wisdom and distinction . Among her community of some 200 nuns was Marie de France , a ...
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... convent . Even in the fifteenth century a religious of the convent of Longchamps was named to the office of barber , i.e. , trained in bloodlet- ting , when she was only thirteen and served her convent in this function for nearly forty ...
... convent . Even in the fifteenth century a religious of the convent of Longchamps was named to the office of barber , i.e. , trained in bloodlet- ting , when she was only thirteen and served her convent in this function for nearly forty ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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