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, begars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women |
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Page 78
She was praised for her prudent government by Hildebert of Lavardin, the
scholarly bishop of Le Mans, flattered by Baudri de Bourgueil in a lengthy and
highly ornamented Latin poem. Baudri was a versifier, an abbot whose ambitions
to be a ...
She was praised for her prudent government by Hildebert of Lavardin, the
scholarly bishop of Le Mans, flattered by Baudri de Bourgueil in a lengthy and
highly ornamented Latin poem. Baudri was a versifier, an abbot whose ambitions
to be a ...
Page 128
By 131 2 she appears to have fulfilled most of her obligations towards her
children and been planning her life as a recluse, for she then gave away much of
her maternal inheritance in a deed witnessed at Ledbury by the bishop and the
local ...
By 131 2 she appears to have fulfilled most of her obligations towards her
children and been planning her life as a recluse, for she then gave away much of
her maternal inheritance in a deed witnessed at Ledbury by the bishop and the
local ...
Page 160
In the early part of the fourteenth century, she commanded a gang of village
workers who owed the bishop several days work a year in his garden as part of
their customary service. Leeks, peas, and beans were planted for consumption
on the ...
In the early part of the fourteenth century, she commanded a gang of village
workers who owed the bishop several days work a year in his garden as part of
their customary service. Leeks, peas, and beans were planted for consumption
on the ...
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| Title | A small sound of the trumpet: women in medieval life |
| Author | Margaret Wade Labarge |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 080705626X, 9780807056264 |
| Length | 271 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General Social Science / Women's Studies |
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