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 77
... piety and many virtues , but once in a while a more secular note creeps in . Guibert de Nogent , a twelfth - century monk , was particularly struck by his mother's beauty , as well her more conventional attributes of virtue , ability ...
... piety and many virtues , but once in a while a more secular note creeps in . Guibert de Nogent , a twelfth - century monk , was particularly struck by his mother's beauty , as well her more conventional attributes of virtue , ability ...
Page 116
... piety and preferred the single life . While peasants and the urban working class could provide honest means of support for their unmarried daughters with acceptable work on the land or in a craft or trade , such solutions were not open ...
... piety and preferred the single life . While peasants and the urban working class could provide honest means of support for their unmarried daughters with acceptable work on the land or in a craft or trade , such solutions were not open ...
Page 223
... piety which sought emotional as well as rational stimulation . The tradition continued in France with Marguerite of Porete , although her extreme and often ambivalent statements , her lack of a solid base of institutional support , and ...
... piety which sought emotional as well as rational stimulation . The tradition continued in France with Marguerite of Porete , although her extreme and often ambivalent statements , her lack of a solid base of institutional support , and ...
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