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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Page 117
... occasionally used as an ecclesiastical weapon against them , since it was considered to encourage seduction . They also often worked in various branches of cloth - making , an occupation which could bring them into conflict with the ...
... occasionally used as an ecclesiastical weapon against them , since it was considered to encourage seduction . They also often worked in various branches of cloth - making , an occupation which could bring them into conflict with the ...
Page 193
... occasionally bent by the presentation of a large gift . By this time most leper - houses of any size employed paid servants , mostly female , for the care of both men and women lepers . They were paid and lodged , and got the same food ...
... occasionally bent by the presentation of a large gift . By this time most leper - houses of any size employed paid servants , mostly female , for the care of both men and women lepers . They were paid and lodged , and got the same food ...
Page 231
... Occasionally we can find a female illuminator who actually signed her own name . There is the amusing case of an Augsburg psalter which appears to have been the work of a group of students learning the arts of illumination and ...
... Occasionally we can find a female illuminator who actually signed her own name . There is the amusing case of an Augsburg psalter which appears to have been the work of a group of students learning the arts of illumination and ...
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