Women's Roles in the Middle AgesInformation about women in this truly fascinating period from 500 to 1500 is in great demand and has been a challenge for historians to uncover. Bardsley has mined a wide range of primary sources, from noblewomen's writing, court rolls, chivalric literature, laws and legal documents, to archeology and artwork. This fresh survey provides readers with an excellent understanding of how women high and low fared in terms of religion, work, family, law, culture, and politics and public life. Even though medieval women were divided by social class, religion, age, marital status, place and period, they were all subject to an overarching patriarchal structure and sometimes could transcend their inferior status. Numerous examples of these exceptional women and their words are included. |
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... Henry I of Silesia , persuades her husband to found a convent at Trebnitz Birth of Mechthild of Magdeburg , German mystic , Beguine , and visionary Berenguela of Castile begins serving as regent for her brother , Henry I of Castile The ...
... Henry III of England in the early thirteenth century . Joan's letter shows her intervening in the relationship between her half - brother and her husband , the Welsh prince Llewellyn the Great : To her most excellent lord and dearest ...
... Henry until he agreed to the church's position on who had the right to appoint church officials . She also persuaded Henry to grant several large gifts to monasteries . Matilda clearly knew about the Esther story , since it was repeated ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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