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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... brother and her husband , the Welsh prince Llewellyn the Great : To her most excellent lord and dearest brother , Henry , by the grace of God , King of England , Lord of Ireland , Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou , Joan ...
... brothers . In later life , Cecilia shared a house with one unmarried brother . Very likely , she and her brothers helped one another out with their tasks : her broth- ers may have helped with the so - called male tasks of plowing and ...
... brother to rule in her place.20 Matilda of England ( usually known as the Empress Matilda ) faced a similar reception on the death of her father in 1135. After Matilda's brother was killed , Matilda's father , Henry I , had had his ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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