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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... Medieval Women ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 1987 ) , 18 . 14. The Letters of St. Catherine of Siena , vol ... Late Medieval English Parish , " in Gender- ing the Master Narrative : Women and Power in the Middle Ages , ed ...
... late medieval period , however , they shifted to a shorter period of nursing - perhaps only three to four months before children were weaned onto cows ' milk and solid foods . Infant mortality rates in late medieval Iceland were , in ...
... Medieval Women in their Communities . Toronto : University of To- ronto Press , 1997 . . ed . The Paston Women : Selected Letters . Rochester : D. S. Brewer , 2004 . ยท Secretaries of God : Women Prophets in Late Medieval and Early ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
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