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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... Middle Ages Historians used to believe that the late Middle Ages ( c . 1300-1500 ) saw a reversal of this trend and that women in the late Middle Ages occupied something of a " golden age . " Recent research , however , has largely ...
... late Middle Ages with a particular set of expected behaviors . Each of these positions involved certain rituals and practices . But by the late Middle Ages , people were itching to go beyond religious practice to seek out a more intense ...
Sandy Bardsley. Ward , Jennifer C. English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages . London : Longman , 1992 . - . ed . Women in Medieval Europe , 1200-1500 . London : Longman , 2002 . Women of English Nobility and Gentry , 1066–1500 ...
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Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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