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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... clerical status and they were held at arm's length in the hardening hierarchical structure of the medieval church , but female mystics could benefit from the Christian ambivalence over the reality and use of power and the contradictory ...
... clerical status and they were held at arm's length in the hardening hierarchical structure of the medieval church , but female mystics could benefit from the Christian ambivalence over the reality and use of power and the contradictory ...
Page 196
... clerical understanding of prostitutes and their rights . He argued that prostitutes provide a form of labour , like other mercenaries , in hiring out their bodies . By the standards of secular justice they do no evil in receiving its ...
... clerical understanding of prostitutes and their rights . He argued that prostitutes provide a form of labour , like other mercenaries , in hiring out their bodies . By the standards of secular justice they do no evil in receiving its ...
Page 216
... clerical approach . Both led to unsavoury political manoeuvring , often at the highest level , for such an accusation was an effective way to destroy the reputation of the one accused , even if later proved innocent , while the charge ...
... clerical approach . Both led to unsavoury political manoeuvring , often at the highest level , for such an accusation was an effective way to destroy the reputation of the one accused , even if later proved innocent , while the charge ...
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abbess abbey abbot Abelard active Agnes Alice became beguines bishop Blanche Blanche of Castile British Library brother castle Cathars childbirth Christine de Pizan church Cistercian Clare clerical convent countess court crusade daughter death Dhuoda died early ecclesiastical Edward Eleanor Eleanor of Aquitaine Elizabeth emphasis encouraged England English female fifteenth century fourteenth century France French girls heir Héloïse Henry Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen hospital Hôtel-Dieu household husband important influence insisted Isabella Jeanne king king's lands later lepers lives livres Lollard London Louis Mahaut male manor Margery Margery Kempe Marguerite Marie marriage married medicine medieval medieval women Middle Ages mother mystics noble ladies nunnery nuns occasionally officials Paris peasant piety practical prioress prostitutes queen Radegund recluse recognised religious responsibility rich royal rule secular servants sick sisters social suggests thirteenth century trade trans treatise twelfth century widow wife wives woman wrote young