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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... relationship to men ( as wives , daughters , or widows ) , although there were again some exceptions to this rule ( as in the case of Agnes Cause ) . Men , however , were very seldom identi- fied in documents through their relationships ...
... relationship between peasants and nobles , feudalism refers to relationships among members of the nobility . Men from the lesser nobility , known as knights , promised to serve members of the upper nobility , whom they referred to as ...
... relationship is not one be- tween equals but rather that of a middle - aged man instructing a wife barely out of ... relationships in which the man was older . Letters from English wives to their husbands reflect , on the whole , a ...
Contents
Women and Religion | 27 |
Women and Work | 59 |
Women and the Family | 91 |
Copyright | |
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