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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... Edward to place his seven - year - old daughter Mary as a nun . The queen herself took the veil at Amesbury in 1286 , a year after her grand- daughter , but retained her influence . In April 1290 King Edward , his brother Edmund , his ...
... Edward to place his seven - year - old daughter Mary as a nun . The queen herself took the veil at Amesbury in 1286 , a year after her grand- daughter , but retained her influence . In April 1290 King Edward , his brother Edmund , his ...
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... Edward's household when he was Prince of Wales . Even before his father's death the Prince had already showed Gaveston such excessive generosity that Edward I sent Gaveston from the country , an exile that was immedi- ately revoked when ...
... Edward's household when he was Prince of Wales . Even before his father's death the Prince had already showed Gaveston such excessive generosity that Edward I sent Gaveston from the country , an exile that was immedi- ately revoked when ...
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... Edward I through her mother , Joan of Acre , and one of the family of three daughters and one son of Gilbert de Clare , earl of Gloucester . Her brother died at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 when the Scots shattered the English army ...
... Edward I through her mother , Joan of Acre , and one of the family of three daughters and one son of Gilbert de Clare , earl of Gloucester . Her brother died at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 when the Scots shattered the English army ...
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