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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... Renaissance , although its consequences for women were similarly negligible . Traditionally , the Renaissance has been seen as a watershed in Western history , the dividing line between the Middle Ages and the early modern era , but ...
... Renaissance Italy , 120 . 78. MS Bodleian 938 ff . 265r - 267v . Modernization of English is mine . 79. Heather M. Arden , “ Grief , Widowhood , and Women's Sexuality in Medieval French Literature , " in Upon My Husband's Death : Widows ...
... Renaissance Living : Essays in Honor of David Herlihy , ed . Samuel K. Cohn Jr. and Steven A. Epstein ( Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press , 1996 ) , 131–47 at 135 . 65. Janet Senderowitz Loengard , “ Of the Gift of Her Husband ...
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Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
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