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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... records and building up a database to collect information on each individual . For example , if one examines all surviving fifteenth - century court records , one learns that Margery del Mulne , mentioned here among the ale brewers and ...
Sandy Bardsley. Records of borough courts and rural manor courts are terrific sources for approaching the lives of ordinary people , but other court records are useful too . Church courts operated throughout much of Europe , and as the ...
... records due to insufficient income . We catch glimpses of them in records detailing the foundation of charitable institu- tions for widows and orphans , in wills of wealthier people leaving money for widows , or in coroners ' rolls ...
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Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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