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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... gender relations could also serve as a metaphor for social dis- order in a more general sense . Some images reversed the typical and ex- pected gender order by displaying women dominating men . The theme of a world - upside - down was ...
... Gender and Material Culture : The Archaeology of Religious Women . London : Routledge , 1994 . Gilchrist , Roberta and Marilyn Oliva . Religious Women in Medieval East Anglia : His- tory and Archaeology c . 1100–1540 . Norwich : Centre ...
... Gender in England , 1270-1540 . Manchester : Manchester University Press , 2003 . Plummer , John F. ed . Vox Feminae : Studies in Medieval Woman's Songs . Kalamazoo , MI : Medieval Institution Publications , 1981 . Potkay , Monica ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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