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 187
... sick were more concerned with practicalities than a conventual religious life . They accepted as sisters women who were strong and able , knowledgeable as nurses and able to lift their patients . Occasionally a hospital would specify ...
... sick were more concerned with practicalities than a conventual religious life . They accepted as sisters women who were strong and able , knowledgeable as nurses and able to lift their patients . Occasionally a hospital would specify ...
Page 188
... sick person was required to go to confession , then he removed his clothes , which the hospital washed and kept for him until he left , though these goods became its property if he died . A bath followed and then the sick person was put ...
... sick person was required to go to confession , then he removed his clothes , which the hospital washed and kept for him until he left , though these goods became its property if he died . A bath followed and then the sick person was put ...
Page 189
... sick when they arrived and storing them , the massive task of laundering the sheets and the provision of the necessary supplies for the task , the apothecary work , as well as the senior positions of head of service , sub - prioress ...
... sick when they arrived and storing them , the massive task of laundering the sheets and the provision of the necessary supplies for the task , the apothecary work , as well as the senior positions of head of service , sub - prioress ...
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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