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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... married Agnes , and then had another two sons and a daughter by her . Soon after William's death Agnes , who was still a young woman , married Geoffrey Martel , the heir of the count of Anjou , who was as ambitious and unscrupulous as ...
... married Agnes , and then had another two sons and a daughter by her . Soon after William's death Agnes , who was still a young woman , married Geoffrey Martel , the heir of the count of Anjou , who was as ambitious and unscrupulous as ...
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... married woman was in a position of legal inferiority , though on the Continent a budding concept of community of ... married , or a widow remarried , saw all her legal rights suppressed for the period of the marriage . Some minimal ...
... married woman was in a position of legal inferiority , though on the Continent a budding concept of community of ... married , or a widow remarried , saw all her legal rights suppressed for the period of the marriage . Some minimal ...
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... 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 , especially for girls ...
... 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 , especially for girls ...
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