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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... especially as literacy spread - the writings of mystical authors became increasingly popular . Eventually this movement toward a more individual relationship with God would fuel the Protestant Reformation that began in the early ...
... especially vulnerable to charges of witchcraft in the cen- turies that followed . Besides jobs in the food and beverage , textile , and caregiving industries , women worked in a variety of other occupations , too . In both Italy and ...
... Especially popular in late medieval France , England , and the Low Countries , texts were written either in Latin or in the vernacular . Most con- sisted of a single piece of parchment , folded or rolled tightly to make it more portable ...
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Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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