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 209
... Cathars flourished in the large area of south - east France then under the overlordship of the count of Toulouse . Mainly dualist in their basic doctrines , Cathars believed that only the spiritual world Women on the Fringe 209.
... Cathars flourished in the large area of south - east France then under the overlordship of the count of Toulouse . Mainly dualist in their basic doctrines , Cathars believed that only the spiritual world Women on the Fringe 209.
Page 210
... Catharism was made easier by the simplicity of its organisation and the holy lives of its leaders . Cathars had no churches , only ' houses ' , sometimes merely a large room where their adherents gathered . Although there was a bishop ...
... Catharism was made easier by the simplicity of its organisation and the holy lives of its leaders . Cathars had no churches , only ' houses ' , sometimes merely a large room where their adherents gathered . Although there was a bishop ...
Page 211
... Cathars was merely relative , for the female perfects were less 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 ...
... Cathars was merely relative , for the female perfects were less 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 ...
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