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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... insisted on the authority of the husband during marriage they believed in one area of equality . Both spouses had equal rights over each other's body , so that neither could take a vow of chastity , retire to religious life , or even go ...
... insisted on the authority of the husband during marriage they believed in one area of equality . Both spouses had equal rights over each other's body , so that neither could take a vow of chastity , retire to religious life , or even go ...
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... insist that love should not conquer all , arguing that a woman should respect estate and degree even in love , for if ... insisted on obedience and the wife was faced with the duty of running the household and making sure that the work ...
... insist that love should not conquer all , arguing that a woman should respect estate and degree even in love , for if ... insisted on obedience and the wife was faced with the duty of running the household and making sure that the work ...
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... insisted on their wear- ing a special mark on their clothing and tried to forbid them jewels , furs , and silks , as well as confining them to a particular part of town . The women seem to have paid little attention to these sumptuary ...
... insisted on their wear- ing a special mark on their clothing and tried to forbid them jewels , furs , and silks , as well as confining them to a particular part of town . The women seem to have paid little attention to these sumptuary ...
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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