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 98
... social class also determined the kind of religious life open to them . The early nunneries were explicitly founded by kings or nobles for their own relatives and those of like status , so that the nuns were often the sisters , aunts ...
... social class also determined the kind of religious life open to them . The early nunneries were explicitly founded by kings or nobles for their own relatives and those of like status , so that the nuns were often the sisters , aunts ...
Page 145
... social importance . By the beginning of the thirteenth century they began to be organised into guilds or corpor- ations which developed rapidly . The terms of labour , the rights of masters or mistresses , the rules regarding ...
... social importance . By the beginning of the thirteenth century they began to be organised into guilds or corpor- ations which developed rapidly . The terms of labour , the rights of masters or mistresses , the rules regarding ...
Page 235
... social ladder where English also appears . Lady Alice West in 1395 left all her books in Latin , English , and French to her daughter - in - law , except for the matins - book that had belonged to her husband which she left to her son ...
... social ladder where English also appears . Lady Alice West in 1395 left all her books in Latin , English , and French to her daughter - in - law , except for the matins - book that had belonged to her husband which she left to her son ...
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