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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... perhaps aided by apprentices , his wife and servants would deal with customers , fetch ma- terials , run errands , keep the fires tended , and bring food to the workers . If properly trained , they might also help with aspects of the ...
... Perhaps the Florentines , Londoners , and French peasants were following similar advice to that contained in a late medieval Icelandic saga : " If you bear a girl , you must expose it [ leave it outside to die ] ; but if the child is a ...
... perhaps as surprising as they seem at first : modern society is also riddled with contradictions in the messages that it sends to both women and men about their own natures and about how they should behave . Much literature and art ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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