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 112
... prioress was Marie de Bourbon , sister of Charles V's queen , who had been given to the convent at the age of four and professed at seventeen . She was elected prioress when only thirty- three and ruled her house for twenty years with ...
... prioress was Marie de Bourbon , sister of Charles V's queen , who had been given to the convent at the age of four and professed at seventeen . She was elected prioress when only thirty- three and ruled her house for twenty years with ...
Page 186
... prioress , drawing on her fifty years of experience in the hospital , described how it harboured a large number of infants - 60 to 70 in normal years , 120 to 140 in one bad plague year . These included not only those whose mothers died ...
... prioress , drawing on her fifty years of experience in the hospital , described how it harboured a large number of infants - 60 to 70 in normal years , 120 to 140 in one bad plague year . These included not only those whose mothers died ...
Page 189
... prioress , and prioress . These offices went by length of service and it would normally take a sister thirty or forty years to rise to an administrative position . The prioress wielded considerable power . She assigned the sisters to ...
... prioress , and prioress . These offices went by length of service and it would normally take a sister thirty or forty years to rise to an administrative position . The prioress wielded considerable power . She assigned the sisters to ...
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