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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 38
Page 103
... Rule to make it suitable for nuns cars atalart le confelle am fuct hetours labele did so not for love of God , but ... rule for the nuns of the Paraclete . She wanted advice on this from Abelard and she was notably practical in the ...
... Rule to make it suitable for nuns cars atalart le confelle am fuct hetours labele did so not for love of God , but ... rule for the nuns of the Paraclete . She wanted advice on this from Abelard and she was notably practical in the ...
Page 104
... rule was based on the Benedictine but the abbess , who was to be a widow , ruled over the whole community . This desire for a widow as ab- bess was reiterated in Abelard's letter to Héloïse in which he discussed the rule for the ...
... rule was based on the Benedictine but the abbess , who was to be a widow , ruled over the whole community . This desire for a widow as ab- bess was reiterated in Abelard's letter to Héloïse in which he discussed the rule for the ...
Page 187
... rule for those serving in hospitals , they were required to take vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , wear a ... rules showed various local differences but all included regu- lations for the religious and rules on the care of the ...
... rule for those serving in hospitals , they were required to take vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , wear a ... rules showed various local differences but all included regu- lations for the religious and rules on the care of the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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