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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... suggests a scarcity of females . Female mortality appears to have been high in proportion to that of men . One Carolingian document listing the peasants of St. Victor of Marseilles suggests that the initial preponderance of female ...
... suggests a scarcity of females . Female mortality appears to have been high in proportion to that of men . One Carolingian document listing the peasants of St. Victor of Marseilles suggests that the initial preponderance of female ...
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... suggests that the Archbishop was not optimistic the lady would give in , despite his similar letter to her father urging him to put pressure on her also , and the threat of excommunication.1 Although the noble woman might be the heiress ...
... suggests that the Archbishop was not optimistic the lady would give in , despite his similar letter to her father urging him to put pressure on her also , and the threat of excommunication.1 Although the noble woman might be the heiress ...
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... suggests the life led by such highly born nuns . She had been placed at Amesbury in her extreme youth , under her ... suggest a considerable contrast between the ladies of Amesbury and Hildegard's nuns at Bingen : 11 Because we are aware ...
... suggests the life led by such highly born nuns . She had been placed at Amesbury in her extreme youth , under her ... suggest a considerable contrast between the ladies of Amesbury and Hildegard's nuns at Bingen : 11 Because we are aware ...
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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