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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... death she used the military strength of the Mercians to assist her brother , building a number of new fortified towns , of which Warwick and Stafford were the most important . She fought in Wales , led her own troops in the capture of ...
... death she used the military strength of the Mercians to assist her brother , building a number of new fortified towns , of which Warwick and Stafford were the most important . She fought in Wales , led her own troops in the capture of ...
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... death of Louis X , before he had heirs , in order to bring her son - in - law to the throne and make her daughter queen , as well as of trying unsuccessfully to free Blanche . In a period when magic and sorcery were much in the public ...
... death of Louis X , before he had heirs , in order to bring her son - in - law to the throne and make her daughter queen , as well as of trying unsuccessfully to free Blanche . In a period when magic and sorcery were much in the public ...
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... death of her husband opened possibilities for independent action . Heiress to the title and lands of the earldom of Salisbury , Ela was married by King Richard to his illegitimate half - brother , William Longespee , in 1196 when she ...
... death of her husband opened possibilities for independent action . Heiress to the title and lands of the earldom of Salisbury , Ela was married by King Richard to his illegitimate half - brother , William Longespee , in 1196 when she ...
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