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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... girls to sacrifice to the Roman gods , preferring torture and death to abjuring their faith . In an almost farcical scene Dulcitius , the Roman governor who wished to seduce the girls for his own pleasure , has them locked up in a ...
... girls to sacrifice to the Roman gods , preferring torture and death to abjuring their faith . In an almost farcical scene Dulcitius , the Roman governor who wished to seduce the girls for his own pleasure , has them locked up in a ...
Page 154
... girls , no doubt her profit from the wardship . The expenses involved in bringing up a girl until she could be married are suggested by an accounting of 1380. During his five years of wardship a London fishmonger claimed £ 8 13s 4d for ...
... girls , no doubt her profit from the wardship . The expenses involved in bringing up a girl until she could be married are suggested by an accounting of 1380. During his five years of wardship a London fishmonger claimed £ 8 13s 4d for ...
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... girls were usually married rather later than their upper - class sisters , often between eighteen and twenty - two , although daughters in rich peasant families married earlier than the norm . After 1350 the general age for marriage ...
... girls were usually married rather later than their upper - class sisters , often between eighteen and twenty - two , although daughters in rich peasant families married earlier than the norm . After 1350 the general age for marriage ...
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