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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... contemporary texts.8 Works such as these , discussed further in chapter 5 , are invaluable to historians . Yet one must note , once again , that female - authored texts were written by a very small fraction of the medieval female ...
... contemporary , St. Augustine , agreed that virginity was preferable to marriage , partly be- cause it made the individuals who chose this path more like the angels . Unlike Jerome , however , Augustine was more positive about marriage ...
... contemporary representations of St. Eustace : some of the typical scenes , such as Eustace's vision of Christ with a stag , were omitted , while other scenes depicting him as a husband and father were emphasized . Marie's active ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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