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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Page 36
... practical , disadvantages for a woman who had little choice as to whether , or to whom , she was married , it hardly seems surprising that many medieval women wel- comed widowhood as a release . Mrs. Noah in the Towneley Plays may speak ...
... practical , disadvantages for a woman who had little choice as to whether , or to whom , she was married , it hardly seems surprising that many medieval women wel- comed widowhood as a release . Mrs. Noah in the Towneley Plays may speak ...
Page 39
... practical pity for the poor and the sick , warns her to protect her own reputation by surrounding herself with irreproachable women , and tells her that she should obey her husband , and her father and mother , out of love for them and ...
... practical pity for the poor and the sick , warns her to protect her own reputation by surrounding herself with irreproachable women , and tells her that she should obey her husband , and her father and mother , out of love for them and ...
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... practical work.33 In it Christine aimed to provide rules of conduct for women at all levels of the social structure ... practical emphasis in Christine's work . She agrees that chastity is important for a woman and must be safeguarded so ...
... practical work.33 In it Christine aimed to provide rules of conduct for women at all levels of the social structure ... practical emphasis in Christine's work . She agrees that chastity is important for a woman and must be safeguarded so ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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